Whip to austerity! Mexican Government buys baseball stadiums in thousand 57 million pesos
The expenditure per thousand 57 million pesos per stadium is close to the thousand 718 million pesos of the annual budget of the Conade. The Government of Mexico must pay an amount of one thousand 57 million pesos for the purchase of two baseball stadiums, money that is close to the annual budget of the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (Conade). According to Animal Politico, the federal government converted last May the process of buying the baseball stadiums “Héctor Espino”, in Hermosillo and “Tomás Oroz Gaytán”, in Ciudad Obregón, but both cases will become sports academies. According to information from the Executive Coordination of Assets and Concessions of the Sonora government, the “Héctor Espino” stadium has a value of 475 million 24 thousand pesos, while the “Tomás Oroz Gaytán” stadium was valued at 582 million 302 thousand pesos.
“(…) the stadiums are not going to be destroyed, the remodeled stadiums continue and will continue to be used to play baseball, softball and there is now another game that has to do with baseball, but modern (…), AMLO said this Thursday (Photo: Presidency) The total cost of one thousand 57 million pesos means an amount close to the thousand 718 million pesos that the government allocated to the Conade in its annual budget.
This Thursday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador revealed that the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit authorized the construction of the “Héctor Espino” stadium in Hermosillo, and the rehabilitation of the “Tomás Oroz” in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.
The Treasury will release the funds, aided by the National Bank of Public Works and Services (Banobras).
“Van a ser escuelas, son proyectos para entretenimiento, porque los estadios están muy bien ubicados, se van a construir instalaciones, se va a llevar a cabo un buen proyecto en cada uno de ellos”, detalló.
Añadió que la iniciativa privada edificará hoteles y centros comerciales, tomando en cuenta al estadio como centro para apoyar en la promoción.
“They are going to be schools, they are projects for entertainment, because the stadiums are very well located, facilities are going to be built, a good project is going to be carried out in each one of them,” he explained.
He added that the private initiative will build hotels and shopping centers, taking into account the stadium as a center to support the promotion.
“The stadiums are not going to be destroyed, the remodeled stadiums continue and they will continue to be used to play baseball, softball and there is now another game that has to do with baseball, but modern, which is played a lot in the north, I don’t know what is his name, because I keep baseball, I like the fast and small ball, not the big ball, which is a live ball, that’s what it’s called in baseball, ”he added
