The venues of the 2030 World Cup begin to prepare their candidatures. The idea was first launched by Lucas Bravo de Lagunapresident of the United for Gran Canaria political group, in order to put Gran Canaria on the FIFA map and quickly began to have the support of the island’s economic and institutional agents.
This Tuesday, UD Las Palmas has decided to join in the support given the imminent arrival of Luis Rubiales on the island of Gran Canaria for various meetings and press conferences where important announcements on this matter are expected. Thus, the club chaired by Miguel Ángel Ramírez stated “its full support for the formalization of the candidacy of the island of Gran Canaria as the venue for the 2030 World Cup, which will most likely host Spain and Portugal”.
For the Sports Union it is also a great opportunity because it would see the Gran Canaria Stadium modernized, increasing the capacity to 40,000 peopleand with the more than possible expansion of the Nascent tier to be able to house the World, as well as its surroundings: “A initial endowment of 35 million euros for the improvement of sports facilities. The Gran Canaria Stadium could take advantage of this economic injection in order to tackle the works to increase the capacity to 40,000 seats, and the updating and improvement of services and facilities that would make attendance more comfortable for spectators, “says the insular statement .
To this end, the institution also “acquires the commitment to complete the project for the second phase of the sports city of Barranco Seco in the coming years, with all the first-class services and facilities that the participating teams may need without leaving the capital city” as part of the modernization of Gran Canaria to host the 2030 World Cup.