MADRID, 6 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
A total of 15 from LaLiga EA Sports, including FC Barcelona, Athletic Club and Atlético de Madrid, have reached an agreement to regulate the price of tickets for the stands, setting the sale of a minimum of 300 seats each match to members or supporters of the visiting club at a maximum price of 30 euros, according to a statement.
The 15 LaLiga EA Sports clubs that have signed the agreement are Athletic Club, FC Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla FC, Real Betis, Cádiz CF, RCD Mallorca, Valencia CF, Deportivo Alavés, Girona FC, Real Sociedad, Granada CF, UD Las Palmas, Getafe CF and UD Almería.
This measure, according to the employers’ association, aims to “facilitate and promote sports tourism”, which is one of the “main concerns” of LaLiga. “Being able to take this agreement to the top flight is a luxury and an illusion. Today there are 15 clubs, hopefully in the future there will be 20,” said the general director of LaLiga EA Sports, Óscar Mayo.
LaLiga and Aficiones Unidas are the entities that have developed this initiative, which included an initial working group made up of five clubs: Athletic Club, Real Betis, Sevilla FC, Valencia CF and Real Valladolid CF. These group laid the foundations of the majority agreement that was made official this Thursday.
The initiative has also been well received by the clubs. “It is a very interesting route for Barça in order to meet the many requests that we have on each trip, both from Culés fans who want to accompany the team outside of Barcelona and, especially, for the thousands of Barcelona fans who each season expect the visit of their idols in the LaLiga stadiums”, commented the president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta.
A “very advantageous” agreement also for the president of Atlético, Enrique Cerezo, who believes that the agreement will come “very well for tourism.” “When Atlético de Madrid travels outside of Madrid to play any game with any team that is associated with this agreement, it is very important,” he added.
LaLiga stressed that this agreement is the result of the work carried out together with Aficiones Unidas “for 13 seasons”, with the sole objective of “putting the fan at the center of all its actions”. For example, with initiatives such as Sports Tourism, a project that seeks to encourage travel among fans to generate a 360º experience that includes tourism, gastronomy and culture around a football match.