Lhe capital of Santa Cruz could have a new soccer stadium with a capacity of 60,000 people if next December FIFA accepts the Bolivian proposal to host the 2030 World Cup.
This information became known this Tuesday when Julio Novillo Lafuente, representative of the Lafuente Business Group (GEL), launched this initiative at a press conference, which It was attended by the mayor of the Santa Cruz municipality, Johnny Fernández, and the president of the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF), Fernando Costa.
Novillo’s proposal is provide the Santa Cruz capital with adequate sports infrastructure so that the FBF can nominate it at the FIFA congress.
According to the businessman, the stadium will be built on a 26-hectare piece of land owned by him. “It will be multipurpose: both for soccer and for artistic and cultural activities. In addition, it will have areas for boxes, restaurants, shops and food courts.
The project, as reported at the meeting, contemplates forming a public-private partnershipof which the Mayor’s Office, the Government and the Lafuente Business Group invest with specific percentages (33.3%).
The role of the FBF in this Bolivian aspiration is gather and order the requirements that are demanded of the applicants and in the December congress convince the FIFA affiliates that Santa Cruz de la Sierra will not only have a modern stadium but also an infrastructure suitable for hosting a major sporting event.
“If the dream of playing a World Cup came true in 1994, why not work to fulfill another?” said the mayor of the Santa Cruz capital, who promised support for this initiative.
For his part, the head of the FBF pondered Novillo’s proposal and He promised to carry out the pertinent steps before FIFA so that Bolivia and Santa Cruz de la Sierra can host a World Cup event.
