The political party Propuesta Republicana (PRO) presented a bill in the Buenos Aires Legislature so that the stadium The Bombonera and its surrounding houses be declared “Historical Heritage” of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, seriously affecting the idea of expanding the premises of Boca Juniors.
After learning the information, the club chaired by Juan Román Riquelme issued a statement: “We ask the Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to grant our request not to include La Bombonera in the Catalog in question, so that in this way we can continue beautifying the Club and the La Boca neighborhood, our neighborhood, through the works projects presented and those that are in development”.
The expansion of the stadium is an issue that has been on the agenda of the Boca world for some time and was a campaign proposal, both in the ruling party and in the opposition, in the last elections in December 2023 where Juan Román Riquelme was elected president after surpassing Andrés Ibarra and Mauricio Macri.
“We feel the obligation to inform our members and fans of this situation. We will continue working with commitment to defend the interests of the Club so that we have a BOMBONER that is more modern, spacious and comfortable every day as our fans deserve,” they said from Boca Juniors. .
In recent weeks, Boca’s leadership began to move forward with the stadium expansion project and an agreement had even been reached with the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires for the first team to play home at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. from La Plata during the 2025 season, from February to December.
This expansion project will have the objective of increasing the capacity of the stadium from 54 thousand to 84 thousand spectators as the Monumental de River stadium has after the last renovation. In addition, a key point in the project is whether or not it is necessary to demolish the houses located on Del Valle Iberlucea street.
However, Boca will need the endorsement of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires to carry out this high-caliber work and this support is an unknown since the PRO, a party founded and chaired by Mauricio Macri and which governs the Federal Capital with his cousin Jorge At the head, he is in a constant political dispute with Riquelme and the Boca leadership since the election campaign at the club.
It was precisely the PRO who presented, this Thursday in the middle of the meeting of the Urban Planning and Commission of the Buenos Aires Legislature, a bill for the La Bombonera stadium and its surrounding houses to be declared “Historical Heritage” of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Although this seems harmless and even sounds like a recognition of the mythical Boca venue, the fine print of the bill is what seriously worries the Boca leadership since, if the La Bombonera stadium was declared ‘historical heritage’, it would not be You will not be able to reform or expand the property.
For this reason, Boca sent a note to the Buenos Aires Legislature requesting that the stadium and the club be removed from the bill that could leave the La Ribera club without expanding the capacity of its home.
From Jorge Macr’s administration they replied: “The City Government fulfilled its legal obligation to send for discussion in the Legislature the entire preventive catalog of properties declared heritage prior to 1941. It is a set of more than 4,000 properties that the Legislature It must evaluate including them in the definitive catalog of heritage properties. In the case of La Bombonera, that property already has a level of cataloging that is structural. That status is defined by the Advisory Council on Heritage Affairs, an independent body made up of institutions and entities. It is the Legislature that is carrying out the treatment and will define whether or not to incorporate it into the final catalog so that it remains firm.”
Source: Ambito
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