Olten panel at São Paulo backs Ticketmaster deal, but with caveats | OneFootball

The committee of councilors appointed by the president of São Paulo’s Deliberative Council, Olten Ayres Júnior, is expected to deliver this week its final opinion on the draft contract between the club and Ticketmaster.

After a thorough analysis of the bidding terms, the tendency is for the group to recommend approval of the agreement, but with reservations before the decisive vote in the plenary session, according to initial reporting by journalist Daniel Perrone this Sunday (13).

Members of the group concluded that the bidding process took place without operational irregularities and that Ticketmaster’s proposal offered the most advantageous conditions within the technical and financial parameters required by the club. The reservations that will accompany the document, however, are focused on how the financial contributions will be allocated.

Sources linked to the process indicate that the councilors will require the funds from the advance payment — expected to be deposited within 45 days after the contract is signed — to be used exclusively for paying tax obligations and settling salaries and image rights currently overdue to the professional squad and staff.

History of the committee and the bidding process

The special committee was established on September 1, 2026, following a formal petition by NewC, a competing company in the bidding process. The bidder claimed to have submitted a substantially higher offer — estimated at R$ 500 million — to take over management of ticketing, luxury boxes, and Morumbi Stadium’s membership program.

In response to the questions raised, São Paulo’s board argued that NewC’s proposal did not meet the deadlines and formal requirements set out in the bidding notice, emphasizing that the agreement with Ticketmaster had already received a favorable opinion from the Board of Administration.

The partnership provides for an initial advance payment estimated at between R$ 110 million and R$ 140 million. Additionally, the contract provides for the possibility of an extra advance payment of R$ 75 million next year, conditional on the granting of management of payment operations (card machines) at the stadium.

The working group underwent changes to its original composition. Daurio Speranzini Junior and Marcel de Siqueira Bonilha left the committee due to professional commitments and were replaced by Jonathan Ferreira and Rosalvo Beiro, who joined Daniel Fonseca and Flávio Marques to speed up preparation of the final report.

The delivery of the opinion will represent the final step before the contract is submitted to the Deliberative Council plenary, whose approval is essential for the formal signing of the new commercial agreement.

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