“It’s sporting suicide”, says Bap on Flamengo building a stadium now | OneFootball

Flamengo’s dream of having its own stadium will be postponed, at least for now. That is what club president Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, assures.

“We have the land, but we are not going to build a stadium with interest rates as they are today. The stadium costs R$ 3 billion. With the rate at 15%, that’s R$ 450 million. Divided by six, that’s 80 million euros. That’s two Paquetás per year just in interest! Building a stadium for Flamengo under these conditions is sporting suicide,” the executive told Mengocast.

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Bap said the idea has not been completely ruled out and pointed to the conditions that could bring the topic back to Flamengo’s agenda.

“With interest rates coming down and Flamengo doubling in size... I am sure that, in three or four years, this view will change, because of the country’s improvement and Flamengo’s financial growth,” he projected.

“We have lived 130 years without a stadium to call our own. As things stand, we’ll keep going. One day at a time,” added the club’s top executive.

Next match

Flamengo return to action in the Brasileirão this Thursday at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) to face Red Bull Bragantino in the countryside of São Paulo state.

*By Gazeta Press

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