With the large urban operation that the international Exposition of Barcelona 1929 represented, the Council decided to build a great sporting place for the town which would add weight in convincing the international Olympic Committee and, particularly, Baron Pierre de Coubertin that Barcelona intended to organise, with well set up desires, the olympic games. Therefore the Stadium of Montjuic was born. After years of neglect and reject the stadium was refurbished to become the center of the olympic games in 1992. Thousands of athletes from each part of the World landed in the Aeroport Barcelone and provided a huge show in the Olympic Stadium.
In the eighties the organising council of Barcelona 92 held a global design competition to try the task of reconstructing the stadium. The firm of architects Correa-Mil-Margarit-Buixad was selected to design the management plan for Montjuc, including the restoration of the stadium. The Italian architect, Vittorio Gregotti, also worked next to the Catalan designers.
Montjuic was completely stripped and the main cover was the only part of the stadium to get left untouched. The capacity was increased to 45,000 and the area round the stadium was made into a ring full of sporting facilities that made the Olympics of Barcelona so successful.
The cost of the work reached 8,500 million pesetas at the time, with the stadium being provided with the most modern fittings available, which can accommodate any kind of international athletics competition or other events.
Presently the Olympic Stadium of Montjuic, whose official title is the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium of Montjuc, is a modern stadium in full use which is thought of as a 5 star stadium by the Union of western european soccer Associations ( UEFA ). Only 2 other stadiums in Spain have this ranking : Vicente Caldern and Camp Nou, the official stadium of the FC Barcelona which attracts each year thousands of tourists who make a long Voyage Barcelone in order to see it.
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