The president of the UD Las Palmas, Miguel Ángel Ramírez, has stated that the club negotiates the possibility of playing their home games with the public, in the stadium of Gran Canaria, which would make the island site the first in the world to do so with the presence of fans during the health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.
[+] Las Palmas would be the only team in the world's major leagues to play with the public according to its president
This was confirmed this Monday by the top leader of the island club in a interview given to the official UD Radio station, in which he also explained that everything would be subject to a final validation, if the autonomous community of the Canary Islands enters phase 3 of the de-escalation, predictably next Monday, day 8.
Ramírez has explained that he has negotiated with The league this possibility, and which in parallel has maintained conversations with the President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, and with that of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales.
The island leader maintains that what he has negotiated with LaLiga “is that if the territory enters phase 3 and the competitions go to Canary Islands GovernmentI have negotiated with Angel Victor Torres the possibility of opening the stadium to the fans and it has given the go-ahead ”.
Further, Ramirez ensures that the president of the Gran Canaria Council, The institution that owns the stadium has also seen the possibility “with good eyes.”
Ramírez has clarified that LaLiga has demanded some protocols that they are designing, and that, later, they would need health authorization.
“We have spoken with LaLiga to explain that if we go to phase 3, we can demonstrate that we are a safe destination. Gran Canaria could become the first stadium in the world where football can be seen from the stands. We have been quite ambitious in this objective and it seems that we are going to achieve it ”, he stressed, to add immediately that his desire is to announce it next week.