RCDE Stadium


RCDE Stadium, also known as Estadi Cornellà-El Prat is an all-seater football stadium on the outskirts of Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat, in the wider Barcelona urban area. 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.
With a capacity of 40,000 seats. it is the 10th-largest stadium in Spain and the 3rd-largest in Catalunya. It became the home of RCD Espanyol in 2009, replacing their previous stadium, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, being the 8th stadium in the club's history.

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.
Espanyol defeated Liverpool 3-0 in the stadium's inaugural match on 2 August 2009.
After the death of club captain Daniel Jarque on 8 August 2009, just six days after the inaugural match, it was proposed that the stadium should be renamed in his honour. However, the club has not taken a definite stance on the subject.
On July 2014, the stadium was renamed as Power8 Stadium for sponsorship reasons. In January 2016, the club renamed the stadium as RCDE Stadium ending the sponsorship of Power8.

Other uses

On July 3 2010, the stadium received a live concert of American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, during The E.N.D World Tour, in front of 30,000 fans.
On June 1 2019, German metal band Rammstein performed at the stadium as part of their Europe Stadium Tour 2019.

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League attendances

This is a list of league games attendances of Espanyol at Cornellà-El Prat.
Season
2009–10529,34139,26022,27527,860
2010–11497,69140,24020,13426,193
2011–12448,86335,12216,62723,624
2012–13397,59630,02315,28020,926
2013–14373,22332,13112,65019,643
2014–15355,12830,25312,71018,691
2015–16348,35327,39512,46118,334
2016–17381,42831,08214,81320,075
2017–18335,30924,83611,65917,648
2018–19362,21925,70013,46919,064
2019–20296,93532,08417,39022,841