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Barcelona Raises €300 Million to Finish Spotify Camp Nou

Empty soccer stadium with blue and red seats reading Més que un club in Barcelona
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FC Barcelona is a famous football club in Spain. The club needs money to finish its stadium.

The stadium is called the Spotify Camp Nou. It is still not finished. The club is doing big works there.

Barcelona has now finished a bond sale. A bond is a way to get money from people. The club will pay the money back later, with extra money called interest.

The club got 300 million euros from this bond sale. Euros are the money used in Spain.

This money will help finish the stadium. The club wants to open the full stadium soon.

Many fans want to watch football in the new stadium. The club hopes the works will finish fast now.

Vocabulary5 words

Barcelona
a big football club in Spain
works
building jobs to make or finish something
bond
a paper that shows someone gave money and will get it back later
interest
extra money paid for using someone's money
euros
the money used in many European countries

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1. What club completed the bond issue?
2. How much money did the club raise?
3. What is the money for?

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FC _____ is a famous football club in Spain.

The club needs money to finish its _____.

The stadium is called the Spotify Camp _____.

Barcelona has now finished a _____ sale.

A bond is a way to get _____ from people.

The club will pay the money back later, with extra money called _____.

The club got 300 million _____ from this bond sale.

This money will help finish the _____.

The club wants to open the full stadium _____.

The club hopes the works will finish _____ now.

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