Valencia has presented, just one day before the expiration of the three-month period that the City Council had granted it on July 12, the latest project for the Nou Mestalla. A calculation of expenses in which it is estimated that the budget has increased by around 20 million euros, predictably due to the increase in the cost of construction materials for a stadium that has been in black work for 15 years, paralyzed, in Cortes Valencianas, one of the main entrances to the city, and that must be resumed before January 12. If the club does not comply with the agreed deadlines, it will lose its license. The resolution of the Nou Mestalla is not only an ambition within the field of sport but one of the great urban milestones of the city of Valencia.
The Nou Mestalla Execution Project, as reported by the club in a statement, is made up of more than 1,500 plans and 4,500 pages of documents – documentation so heavy that it was unfeasible to present it through the electronic headquarters, which has registered the physical documentation – that develop the Basic Project that was presented to the council on January 31, 2024. A quarter of this documentation is intended for the budget, the main progress from one project to the other, and the final cost, according to the information that has been been supplied by President Layhoon Chan – the right hand of the owner, Peter Lim, in the centenary entity – will be 360 million euros, 20 more than what was initially said and which included 172 million already spent and another 168 – now 188- in what remains pending to be executed. In addition, a health and safety study is included, a document in which you agree not to use the construction until the urbanization work is completed, and a construction and demolition waste management study.
In this latest economic sketch, Valencia has already accounted for everything: the concrete structures, the metal, the roof that will cover all the stands, with a capacity for 70,044 spectators, the facades, the facilities (gas, plumbing, sanitation, electricity , ventilation and air conditioning, telecommunications, fire protection, elevators…) and the interior architecture of the stadium (floors, ceilings, walls, locksmithing, interior carpentry, paintings, waterproofing, urbanization and landscaping).
The next rounded date on Valencia’s calendar is January 12, the last day granted by the City Council to resume construction. Ahead, 30 months to leave, already in 2028, the Nou Mestalla finished. First, the City Council will have to authorize an external audit to thoroughly examine the project. The spokesperson for Compromís in the Valencia City Council, Papi Robles, spoke this Friday of the need to request an audit on the real cost of the stadium that is “as exhaustive and rigorous as possible.”
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