The Assembly of delegated members of FC Barcelona has authorized, in the first point of the agenda voted after last Sunday’s suspension, the board of directors to seek financing for Espai Barça up to 1,500 million, financing in which Laporta It has explained that the member will be able to participate through a formula that is being studied. He confirmed that the project will be submitted to a vote of the partners in a referendum, an end that several delegates had suggested in question time. It was approved with 405 votes in favor, 21 against and 6 blank.
Before to answer the questions they raised The members last Sunday, Joan Laporta took the floor to start the event, recalling how the Assembly was suspended at the suggestion of some delegates in their speeches due to time constraints. “We were wrong in the calculation of time ”, has assured the president of Barcelona, who made“ a couple of brushstrokes ”on Espai Barça, of which he has insisted that it will be financed“ by itself, with the income generated by the investment itself ”. It has also been reopened, in view of the special circumstances of the present Assembly of 2021 (with intervention by Josep Maria Minguella as umpire, asking ‘yes’) Question time for a limited number of umpire speeches
Has explained, about the Espai Barça project that “our facilities have become obsolete, normal” and that “our competitors have advanced us. Espai Barça is essential to refloat the club’s economy and compete ”. He affirms that “I do not want to make an apocalyptic version, but it is a very clear opportunity that we have.”
Obligatory payment
Has given data: “They have invested € 145 million since 2014 and 5% of the works have been carried out. We are obliged to complete it. Those 145 million have been allocated to the construction of the Johan Cruyff, the demolition of the Mini, preparation of the project, permits and modification of the General Metropolitan Plan. To do so, a loan has been requested to be paid in January, 90 million. If we say no, we still have to pay that money that we owe and we lose what we paid ”.
Has explained that permission is requested for financing of the project and that, in the modifications that are proposed, among other things, “we have resolved the 3,000 subscribers of the First Tier who were relocated to Third”. He reiterates that “self-financing will pay for itself, it will not be paid by partners, it will not jeopardize equity and will not entail greater expense in the ordinary operating account.”
He has also cited the Nou Palau, the Petit Palau and a new Gel Court, as well as the Barça Campus, while the investments resulting from the modification of the General Metropolitan Plan will be faced.
He has stated that “we bring this topic to the Assembly, but you (the delegates) asked for a referendum, and this is what we are going to do: if it is approved today, Espai Barça will be ratified by referendum ”.
Among the answers, Laporta explained that the grass of the future Camp Nou in principle it will not be retractable. He also clarified that the directive hopes that the project will not have to be re-approved, because the variations introduced do not substantially modify it. It has advanced that “we are studying that the partners who wish and can afford to participate in the financing, through a line of credit ”.