The improvements to the Yamil Ríos Ugarte stadium in the city of Rivas were delivered to the Mayor’s Office of this municipality last Sunday, the day that the mayor Vilma Casanova declared it inaugurated. The Rivenses were struck by the fact that the authorities erased the brand of the Empremar consortium, which for years supported sports in this city and provides dozens of jobs to the locals.
The stadium was reopened with the first friendly game between Puerto Rico and Nicaragua, which took place this recent Monday.
After its inauguration, some residents, through social networks, expressed their uncertainty by not seeing the signs and publicity of the consortium, which for decades supported sports in that city and invested millions of dollars in the Rivense stadium, when the building authorities They abandoned.
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Among the improvements that were made to the stadium «Yamil Rios Ugarte» roof replacement is located in the area of «home»general painting restoration, supply and installation of letters, maintenance of the playing field of the dugouts, maintenance of the lighting system, installation of fences, maintenance of restrooms, and bullpen improvements.
concerned population
There is fear in the population of Rivas, because the Empremar group moves its sporting and economic interests to Masaya.
So far, no official version of what happened has been given. Version that the population demands be made known, either by the Mayor’s Office or representatives of the Empremar logistics team, an international trade operator, with 30 years of service in the country.
«What is happening is crazy, because no one shows their faces and says what happened with the Empremar logistics group, we all know that Empremar was the one who not only supported improvements to the Yamil Ríos Ugarte stadium, but also strongly sponsored the Southern Front team Rivas and the professional»said one fan.
«I doubt -he added- that the Rivas Mayor’s Office can sustain the care and investment that the stadium needs, if there is no budget for it»he pointed.
«Time will speak for itself, the municipality will regret having made a rude decision if they cut ties of friendship with Empremar, the municipal government is not going to put a hand in maintenance and less investment, all these years have already passed. The electronic board and many other things that the stadium has, were donated by Empremar»they remembered.
What is speculated so far is that Mauricio Marenco, from Empremar, will probably move with the Gigantes de Rivas franchise to the new stadium «Roberto Clemente» from the department of Masaya. «Now that the Mayor’s Office fully assumes maintenance and everything that is required to have a stadium in good condition, we hope that the Yamil Ríos Ugarte stadium will not return to being a pasture as it was with past administrations»said another rivense.
Affects economic life
Rivenses consulted assure that, if the speculations that have been held so far about the withdrawal of the Empremar logistics group are confirmed, not only the fans would be affected, but the trade as such. «It is a company that in Rivas moves money and generates jobs»said another citizen.
«Here the government does what it pleases, without measuring the consequences, bad performances are always ahead, what is needed is to do things right, let’s hope it doesn’t affect the professional league, because many vendors, service providers would lose their income Furthermore, we must give honor to whom honor is due»they commented.
«The owners of the Gigantes de Rivas professional league need to come out to deny or confirm the rumors that have been generated these days in which the franchise would supposedly go to the department of Masaya to play in the new stadium. If they don’t do it and remain silent, it would be a shame, because tension has been generated among the Rivas fans, they are doing a very bad job if they don’t clarify the situation, we fans deserve clarification in this regard.»they reiterated.
By: United Voices.
