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Full name
  
RCDE Stadium

Operator
  
Espanyol

Owner
  
Espanyol

Executive suites
  
44

RCDE Stadium

Former names
  
Cornellà-El Prat (2009–2014) Power8 Stadium (2014–2016)

Location
  
Cornellà and El Prat, Barcelona, Spain

RCDE Stadium, also known as Estadi Cornellà-El Prat ([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.

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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.

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.

League attendances

This is a list of league games attendances of Espanyol at Cornellà-El Prat.

References

RCDE Stadium Wikipedia