Until now, Enric Ros had to leave his neighborhood to play basketball or indoor soccer. He's been a resident of Les Corts for years, loves sports, and every week he traveled to the courts in Pedralbes or Sarrià to compete with his friends. Like him, hundreds of residents visited the municipal sports hall l'Illa this Wednesday to see firsthand how it looks after the expansion the neighborhood had been demanding for years. The reception was very warm, and the day became a popular celebration for young and old with sports activities, outdoor games, and music.

On 8 February 1922, a momentous event took place in the history of Barça: its president and founder, Joan Gamper, signed the contract to purchase a property called Can Guerra, where a few months later the Camp de les Corts, the emblematic home of the Blaugrana club, would be built. The seller of the land was Mercedes Deu Majó, who received 928,500 pesetas for the more than two hectares that would soon become a fundamental place in the history of the club.

The desire to consume whatever it is and to receive it at home the sooner the better are behind the rise in dark supermarkets. These are small warehouses distributed around the city that do not sell to the public but supply deliverymen who then take the orders – by bicycle, scooter or motorbike – to our front door. A multinational has decided to open one of these stores in the quiet Xile backstreet, where the district of Les Corts meets Hospitalet, and has put the neighbours on the warpath. "Pedestrians have priority on this street, and we do not understand how you can open a store like this," complains Òscar Tapioles, one of those affected. The company seeks to attract customers by claiming delivery is "ultra-fast", in a matter of "minutes". And it is this immediacy that the neighbours fear, who in their nightmares already see the motorcycles circulating at full speed through the street where peace now reigns. Another of those affected, Jordi Gràcia, warns: "If they open the dark supermarket, we will make it difficult". But nothing suggests that the store, which already has its goods inside, will not end up opening.