The president will travel with Foreign Minister Omar Paganini and the Secretary of Sports, Sebastián Bauzá.
President Luis Lacalle Pou will travel this Wednesday to Paraguay with the aim of participating in different meetings that aim to organize the World Cup 2030 which will take place in South America; Also, he will have a bilateral meeting with the president of Paraguay, Santiago Pena.
The head of state was accompanied by the chancellor, Omar Paganini and the national secretary of Sports, Sebastian Bauza. It will be this same afternoon that Lacalle Pou will meet with the president of Paraguay, a meeting that was repeated last year in the city of Montevideo with the same objective and where the then president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández.
In the evening, he will participate in a meeting for the organization of the World Cup that will take place in South America in 2030 and where Uruguay will be one of the host countries. The president of the International Federation of Association Football will also be present at the meeting. (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, and that of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), Ignacio Alonso Labat.
Meanwhile, tomorrow he will participate in the Congress of Conmebol which will take place in the city of Luque, about 18 kilometers from the capital of Paraguay, Assumption. That same day, she will return to the Uruguay to return to fulfill their duties.
A million dollar investment
The Centenario stadium, located in Montevideohad been proposed, in the original plan that included Chile, Argentina and Paraguay in the complete organization of the World Cup 2030as the venue for the World Cup final.
The president of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), Ignacio Alonsohe announced that Uruguay will have “a month of celebrations” in the run-up to the World Cup 2030 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first FIFA World Cup, which was held in Montevideo and had the Celeste as the first Champion.
In this sense, the leader announced a million-dollar investment to modernize the Centennial Stadium and comply with FIFA regulations. In dialogue with channel 10, Alonso said that the investment in the Centennial will “an apartment” of 80 million dollarsbut that can reach 100 million to achieve the expansion of the capacity to 80,000 spectators, with “a combination of public and private investment”.
Among the reforms planned for the Centennial, it is planned to lower the level of the field by more than 3 meters. “Lowering the court 3.61 meters is enough to add 12,000 of the 20,000 more seats needed,” explained the president of the AUF.
Source: Ambito
