Why football stadiums Catalans have so little original names?

Why football stadiums Catalans have so little original names?
View Nou Camp in a time in which did not look like today far (The Stadium Guide)

When one looks at the list of names of most Catalan football stadiums it is curious that many of them have fairly unoriginal names. Today we will review some of them.

CAMP NOU / FC BARCELONA

Camp Nou, FC Barcelona
Camp Nou, Camp Nou (Wikipedia)

Which has greater capacity is Camp Nou, stadium FC Barcelona which it was inaugurated in 1957. His predecessor was the Les Corts which she outgrew especially after the arrival at the club of a star like Ladislao Kubala. The name of the new field was just that, Camp Nou, denomination that continues to this day.

RCDE STADIUM / RCD ESPANYOL

RCDE Stadium, Ricardo Zamora
RCDE Stadium (Wikipedia)

Another Catalan football stadium that did not have much originality in being baptized is RCDE Stadium, new stadium RCD Espanyol. Parakeets had to play in the Montjuic Olympic Stadium for a time after leaving The legendary Sarria, his old house.

Although the new parakeet field itself has taken into account the name of mythical figures like Ricardo Zamora, former goalkeeper of the club and one of the best goalkeepers in history, Dani Jarque O Raul Tamudo, to name the different gates of their stadium

NEW STADIUM TARRAGONA / Nastic

Nou Estadi in Tarragona
Nou Estadi in Tarragona, Nastic stadium (Sports world)

It is the stadium where they played their matches Gimnastic Tarragona. Like many others, you simply put the name new Stadium (new stadium). In recent times he has had several renovations that have left a very cute look.

MUNICIPAL FOOTBALL STADIUM

There are few Catalan football stadiums owned by the various municipalities and therefore have the name of Municipal. In this list we find the cases of many clubs like Municipal Montilivi (Girona CF), Municipal de Palamos (Palamos CF), Municipal Camp Nou (Reus Deportiu), Campo Municipal de Cornellà (UE Cornellà), Camp d'Esports Lleida (Lleida Sports), Municipal de Santa Coloma (Gramenet), Municipal Vilatenim (UE Figueres) And a long etcetera.

There are also a few stadiums that were built on the occasion of the Barcelona Olympics 1992 and therefore they wear the name Olympic (terrace, for example).

Nova Creu Alta, NARCIS HALL, NEW SARDINIA

There are other football stadiums in Catalonia have been more creative. Nova Creu Alta where they played their matches CE Sabadell, the daffodil room (UE Sant Andreu) one he new Sardinia (CE Europe), but they are also Municipal, They have placed a more original name than the rest.

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