Andrés Valenti: Pujato’s main stand on track, paperwork needed | OneFootball

The general secretary of Club Atlético Unión spoke about several important topics at the institutional level, and this is what he said

“Last year was an unusual year, the Sudamericana Cup gives you a different boost, obviously, at that time we had established that by buying your annual seat for the league tournament, you were guaranteed a spot for the Sudamericana Cup, so people really opted for that spot.”

“Let me add something else to everything you’ve said, maybe the economic context was also different, today we’re noticing that it’s also a bit tough with the issue of financing and all that, the annual payment, so to speak. At Unión, it’s very common for families to go to the seats, meaning if you have to buy a seat, you’re not going alone, you go with your child, your wife, so you end up having to buy more than one annual seat. Taking all that into consideration, we’ve still done quite well with the renewals, as usually happens, we have some left over, yes, unlike last year, and well, today we’re trying to sell those with a different promotion, something we’ve done before, which is to sell for the semester, that is, sell for the opening tournament, which basically cuts the cost in half, financially speaking, of the seat. So that’s where we are today, with six installments to buy, we’re at about 80% of seat sales, so, well, with that expectation, let’s see if with this, as always tends to happen, we can fill the stadium.”

“Yes. On the auxiliary field, we did a whole job now with a couple of machines to level it.”

“The field is now leveled because it wasn’t quite suitable, so to speak, to be reseeded. That’s the first job. Obviously, it will be reseeded later, but just as there are works on the auxiliary field that aren’t visible at the club, there are works at SIFU and all its fields, there are works for the Tatenguita as well, the reseeding and matters of the Tatenguita, there are works at Casasol.”

“At the club, besides the boxes coming from SIFU, we’re putting all our efforts there to be as ready as possible for next Thursday, for the match, also downstairs, by that I mean at the headquarters, there on López y Planes, we’re making new member offices, the store that will open onto the street, that’s going to look spectacular, you’ll see. So now it’s a political decision and it never stops. No matter the situation, the work doesn’t stop, so we’re very happy about that too because you’ll keep seeing a totally different look for the club all the time.”

“First, I’m proud to have participated in the acquisition of Casasol, or Casa Unión now. That property is spectacular and hopefully one day it will be even bigger than it is, and surely it will be very functional, after so many talked about the facilities, right? Nowadays we have two, Casa Sol or Casa Unión and the Tatenguita, for example. But well, the Pujato project never stopped, really, what happens is that today there are a lot of administrative issues, it’s not just about laying the foundation and the columns, there are a lot of things to do. There’s a person, a draftsman, who is handling the matters required by the different agencies that authorize this kind of work, right? So let’s put it this way, it never stopped, despite the boxes, despite the work downstairs, today we’re working on the administrative part, which is not minor, because you can’t just do things any old way and you need all the required permits.”

“Look, the documentation for Pujato Alta is being done. As for when the work will start, I can’t say yet, but the documentation, otherwise, we would have stopped, Darío. That’s in process, and I repeat, it’s not easy.”

“Some people might think you just draw 3 or 4 lines, throw them in and that’s it. It’s not as simple as it seems, understand that there’s a street behind, which is also not usual to move a street, there are a lot of permits to request, so we’re working on that part. But obviously, as I said, the priority became Casa Unión, the priority became the boxes because we play in a week, and finishing the main headquarters, where there are a lot of things we need to improve, because otherwise, the store is going to be huge, it’s going to be a beautiful store. So today there are new priorities, that doesn’t mean this isn’t happening.”

“Today, opening Unión’s club costs $300,000, with all the resources you have, which are not few, right? Unión is a monster, it’s a super-social club where we have, I don’t think there are many, maybe four clubs in the country that have all the categories, women’s, basketball, football, all in the top division.”

“We understand like anyone, first of all, Santa Fe is a medium-sized city, so to speak, and when it comes to sponsors and so on, where would they aim? At football, obviously, at professional men’s football. It’s very difficult to get the resources for each of these activities to be self-managed. Today there is a political decision by the president, supported by the entire board, to have basketball in the top division, with everything that implies, and to have women’s football, that’s why we went all in and it went very well for us, in the top division, right? I mean, it’s a political decision, obviously it’s necessary, but it’s a political decision and we’ll sustain it as much as we can.”

“Of course we’re going to have new Givova gear, we hope we can debut it against Platense.”

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