San Lorenzo regained all the land in Boedo: «A historic day» | OneFootball

After decades of efforts, demands, and struggle by all the fans, San Lorenzo announced this Tuesday that it has regained full control of the historic Boedo grounds. The news was announced at the Nuevo Gasómetro during an event led by Sergio Costantino, who celebrated the incorporation of the final 8,345 square meters needed to complete the property. The announcement came just days before this Sunday’s May 30 elections, in which the current interim president will run as a candidate.

Under the slogan “now the return is truly complete,” the Azulgrana leader highlighted the importance of the agreement reached and described it as one of the most important moments in the club’s institutional history. He also emphasized the work carried out over the last three years to finalize the negotiation.

“Today we can say that the return is complete. We achieved the full number of square meters that we always had throughout our history,” he said emotionally. “A historic day, one that fills us with emotion,” the Ciclón’s official account celebrated.

The portion of land that remained in Carrefour’s hands was transferred to the Buenos Aires Sur Corporation, an agency under the city government. That space will then be ceded to Ciclón for a period of 50 years so it can move forward with the new stadium project on Avenida La Plata.

As part of the agreement, the institution must carry out various public works and social initiatives. These include providing sports scholarships for children in Comuna 8, building a 1,600-square-meter green corridor, and completing 20% of the project within the next decade.

From the Azulgrana leadership, they stressed the symbolic value of the announcement and said: “We are very emotional because this is the closing of a wound that lasted for decades.”

The definitive recovery of the property represents another key step in a historic demand by the fans. On July 1, 2019, the club had already taken legal possession of 27,000 square meters in Boedo, on a day remembered for the massive vigil by supporters celebrating the return to the land that had been expropriated during the last military dictatorship.

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