What is the ambitious project of a new Bombonera for 90 thousand people and without having to buy houses from the residents of La Boca

The remodeling of The Bombonera It is an agenda item that has been repeated continuously in recent times, especially during election campaign periods. Each candidate arrives accompanied by a project so that the house of Mouth will be able to increase its capacity and thus make room for thousands of members and fans who find themselves weekend after weekend without the possibility of seeing the team they love.

Thus, trapped between the refusal of neighbors in nearby houses to sell their properties and the conviction of not moving elsewhere, the possibility of expanding the Bombonera seemed impossible. And it seemed to be written because in the last few hours a new project has appeared that promises to expand the current stadium to 90 thousand spectators without the need to purchase those neighborhood blocks.

The architect Rodrigo Vidal He broke into several media outlets telling his idea. “Our project, what we have managed to do, is not to buy from any neighbor, not to invade any road, not to leave La Bombonera. Renovate the existing field.”

And he detailed: “We raised the playing field by approximately 7.80 meters and moved it towards the tracks, which allows us to create a broader field. The first ring would disappear and so would the VIP boxes, we completed two trays and added a new one on top. All without invading the road. AND The field would have three covered trays for 90,000 spectators with 440 VIP boxes. It’s like a magical passage“, the architect told the Olé sports newspaper.

And he added: “We had a meeting at Boca at the end of last year, with a two-hour presentation and a master plan, which includes the expansion of a basketball micro-stadium and many other things, so that a complex can function European style.We had the encounter with Ricardo Rosicageneral secretary, and with Alejandro Desimone, head of basketball.”

The proposal they presented to Boca It also includes the construction of a complex with a new microstadium for basketball with a capacity of 15,860 spectators. “It will be better than Movistar,” warned the architect, explaining that the works, the costs of which are not known, will last 12 to 18 months.

Boca’s response

Vidal’s project is just that: a project. Boca did not acknowledge receipt of the architect’s statements and tried to distance themselves by appealing for silence.

“La Bombonera is getting better and better. We would like to tell people that we will build a giant stadium, that we will put two hundred thousand people there, but in life I have learned that we must not lie. We must lie. We always tell the truth. Of course, if tomorrow we can do the field, it will have to be here in the same place where we are. If we move the field to Casa Amarilla or wherever, we lose all the history we have. have the hope of growing every day as a club: “not only in football but also in other sports because that’s what we want to do. Without a doubt, if one day we manage to build our stadium in the same place where we have it, we will be happy to do so,” Juan Román Riquelme told TNT.Sports a few days ago.

He continues: “The other day I gave an answer about what’s going on with the neighbors, because that’s what happened. It makes me feel, when I think about it, that I have to go and knock on someone’s door and let them open it.” by the owner”. for me the pain of the son and having to unconsciously tell him ‘you have to leave your home’, because proposing ‘sell me your house?’ is ‘do you want to leave your home?’ and that’s how it is. It already bothers me a bit.”.

Vidal’s project thus joins the others in development for years: the Slovenian project La Bombonera 360° (currently in government), Nueva Bombonera on Demarchi Island (partner Jorge Reale) and La Bombonera Siglo XI (promoted by former candidate Ibarra and Macrì).

“I haven’t spoken to Riquelme, but what the leaders told me is that he wanted something like this but didn’t know how to make it happen. Leave it where it is, don’t take the neighbors’ houses. “The leaders were surprised because everyone had said that it is impossible to do such a thing. We give a real solution, inside the property, and you don’t have to ask anyone for permission. And also for the economic question. I think it will be the best” in Argentina I saw the renderings that River offers and this pitch must be superior,” concluded Rodrigo Vidal.

Will Bombonera’s new expansion project succeed? Will there be a meeting between architect Vidal and president Riquelme?