The project is impressive. It’s about the 21st century candy box and would solve the dilemma that besets Mouth for several years: how to satisfy their huge number of fans, who demand to go see the team and cannot due to a matter of capacity.
Boca would face the construction of a new stadium for 105,000 spectators, which would be located very close to the current Bombonera, which can accommodate 57,000 fans. The two fields would be separated by just two blocks and linked by a bridge. Both would be enabled in each game that the team plays at home. In the old stadium the match could be watched on giant screens. In other words, it would be a kind of ‘fan fest’. After all, the xeneizes would be the first in the world to have two stadiums full simultaneously supporting them.
The new stadium would have a cut similar to that of the current Bombonera, with the intention of maintaining that same special acoustic. The measurements of the playing field would also be the same: 105 x 70 meters. It is estimated that it would require an investment of 400 million dollars, generated by the pre-sale of boxes, subscriptions, stalls and parking lots for five or six. In addition, they contemplate anticipated income for the future naming of the stadium and other commercial issues.
The old Bombonera on match days would be taken over by adherent members, a second category that pays less monthly and does not have permission to access the matches. In addition, women’s football and the subsidiary would play in that historic setting. The idea is promoted by the candidate for president Andrés Ibarra, who will compete in the year-end elections with Juan Román Riquelme and has the powerful support of Mauricio Macri, the former president of the Nation who previously led the most successful years in the history of Mouth. At the presentation of the project, there were about a thousand people and a large presence of former players. Some like Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Martín Palermo and Sebastián Battaglia sent messages of support. And also famous. Will we have to see how far the ‘Double Bombonera’ affects the electoral dispute with the biggest idol in the club’s history?
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