The new Bernabéu has grass

The New Santiago Bernabéu already has a lawn. Or, at least, it is being replanted. The images of a tweeter, Javier Caireta, show that much of the pitch is restored. Paul Burgués, the experienced gardener at the Bernabéu and Valdebebas, is overseeing the replanting operation that will last about a week. Real Madrid has been able to speed up the construction of the New Bernabeú to the point that the deadlines for its completion could be shortened by one year. But he has not wanted to neglect the possibility that they will have to play again in the Madrid fiefdom if there is a possibility that people will enter the stadiums.

The replanting of the lawn responds to this idea. Madrid is scheduled to continue playing the competition in Valdebebas. There, Madrid won the last league title and it was shown that visually the idea works for camera shots. Although the construction of the New Bernabéu will continue to advance at the fastest possible pace as long as restrictions due to the pandemic allow it, you want to have everything planned in case you begin to allow gradual entry to the stadiums.

In France, the public has already been allowed to enter the stadiums in some friendlies and the idea for the next European Super Cup is to have 30% of the capacity. All these plans are, logically, in quarantine and subject to the advance of the pandemic, which in Spain has been rekindled in recent times. In the case of LaLiga, it all depends on the decisions that the Ministry of Health and the CSD take in this regard. Meanwhile, Madrid continues to advance the works to the best of its ability. With the stadium completed, he expects to substantially increase operating income.

It must be remembered that the works of the New Bernabéu are a great bet for the entity and represent a great investment. For them, the board had to ask permission from the Assembly of delegates to approve the request for a large loan. Real Madrid will pay a fixed annual fee of 29.5 million euros, from July 30, 2023 until maturity on July 30, 2049. That is The new Bernabéu will cost the club a total of 796.5 million euros, a figure resulting from multiplying the annual fee by the 27 loan installments.