Monterrey, NL. The project of the new stadium of Tigres of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, It will be a multipurpose space, which is expected to open in early 2025, which is expected to generate 2,000 direct jobs and 4,000 indirect jobs in the construction industry, 3,000 in operation and 60,000 jobs in the service sectors linked to events international A national and international private investment is estimated for 320 million dollars.
“The inauguration is being planned for the beginning of 2025, it will generate at least 2,000 direct jobs and 4,000 indirect jobs in construction and 3,000 jobs in the operation of the entire productive chain that serves the stadium, and we estimate 60,000 jobs in the city when there are an international event ”, commented César Esparza, leader of Ball games and director of this company in the United States.
He explained that this is because the entire community benefits, from airport staff, taxi drivers, people who work in the restaurant, who work in hotels, “visitors generate economic income and contribute to the Lodging Tax, and they create a number of benefits and jobs for the entire city, it is one of the premises of the project ”, he highlighted.
During the presentation of the project and signing of the memorandum of understanding with the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL), signed by the Governor of Nuevo León, Samuel García Sepúlveda, Synergy Deportiva Club Tigres, Ball games and the design firm Populous.
César Esparza explained that in order to obtain private investment it was necessary to plan the project with expert financing sources and investment funds dedicated to stadium infrastructure, so that they would see that it is a solid business model and “that in this case of Nuevo León, the conditions are given that allow international financing, as well as local financing ”.
He recalled that one of the great promoters of this project for several years has been the businessman Jorge Chapa, who commented: “It is good that we have English investment, interested American funds, but we must open this project to local investment, because this project must be from the community of Nuevo León ”.
New Silicon Valley
The transformation of the stadiums, he said, requires creating multifunctional buildings that can be used every day, therefore, although the main tenant will be soccer football, the stadium will have different configurations, for concerts, conventions and international events.
In addition, it is planning to design a kind of Silicon Valley for the state, which is recognized for the quality of Monterrey entrepreneurs, where many times it is necessary to link companies and young people who have ideas and need an opportunity, and to have synergy with research areas, for that reason they will be built offices, business incubators and networking spaces, noted the director of Ball Games.
For his part, Governor García Sepúlveda said that the memorandum of understanding has been signed for the new stadium, and for the construction of classrooms for new automation careers, “the new Silicon Valley will be in this stadium,” he anticipated.
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