BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s club members have ratified the $230 million, five-year shirt sponsorship deal with the Qatar Foundation and voted to ban smoking at Camp Nou.
The team shirt began bearing the Qatar Foundation logo this season, but the club’s general assembly needed to approve the agreement.
The club’s executive board sees the deal as key to balancing the books for a club that lost $12.7 million last season and has a debt of $499 million.
Members also gave the club approval to study the creation of a special section in the stadium for its most passionate supporters.
