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Estadi Cornellà-El Prat

RCDE Stadium
Cornellà-El Prat
EstadioRCDE Pano.jpg
Full name RCDE Stadium
Former names Cornellà-El Prat
(2009–2014)
Power8 Stadium
(2014–2016)
Location Cornellà and El Prat, Barcelona, Spain
Coordinates 41°20′52.3″N 2°4′32.4″E / 41.347861°N 2.075667°E / 41.347861; 2.075667Coordinates: 41°20′52.3″N 2°4′32.4″E / 41.347861°N 2.075667°E / 41.347861; 2.075667
Owner Espanyol
Operator Espanyol
Executive suites 44
Capacity 40,500
Record attendance 40,240 (Espanyol-Real Madrid, 13 February 2011)
Field size 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground 9 May 2003
Built 9 May 2005
Opened 2 August 2009
Construction cost € 60 million
Architect Mark Fenwick, Javier Iribarren (Reid Fenwick Asociados) and Esteban Gasulla (Gasulla Arquitectura y Gestió)
Project manager Jacques Coltard
Structural engineer Indus
Services engineer PGI Group
General contractor FCC Construcción i Copisa
Tenants
Espanyol

RCDE Stadium, also known as Estadi Cornellà-El Prat (Catalan pronunciation: [əsˈtaði kurnəˈʎa əɫ ˈpɾat]; Spanish: Estadio Cornellà-El Prat [esˈtaðjo korneˈʎa el ˈpɾat]) is an all-seater football stadium on the outskirts of Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat, in the wider Barcelona urban area (Catalonia, Spain). It took three years to build and cost approximately 60 million. Completed in the summer of 2009, it was awarded as Venue of the Year getting the Stadium Business Awards on 18 June 2010 in Dublin. The stadium has a capacity of 40,500. It is the new home of RCD Espanyol and replaced their previous stadium, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. It is the eighth stadium in the club's history.

The stadium is known as the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat because it is located on the borders of the municipalities Cornellà and El Prat. The club hopes to find a buyer for the naming rights for the stadium. After the death of club captain Daniel Jarque, many have proposed that the stadium should be renamed in his honour. However, the club has not taken a definite stance on the subject.

Espanyol defeated Liverpool 3–0 in the stadium's inaugural match on 2 August 2009.


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