Ex-Flamengo president warns of huge risk stadium may never be built | OneFootball

According to Landim, Flamengo’s current management has no interest whatsoever in building the stadium

The backstage of Flamengo politics is once again embroiled in controversy. That’s because, in a statement on Penido’s Podcast this Monday (04), former president Rodolfo Landim accused the current board of directors of the Rubro-Negro, led by Luiz Eduardo Baptista (Bap), of sabotaging the project for a club-owned stadium.

— I am absolutely certain that the current board of Flamengo has no interest in speeding up the process, nor in building the stadium. None at all. It’s not just procrastination, it’s killing the project, which I think is even worse. I think there’s a huge risk [of the Gasômetro land going back to Caixa Econômica]. The only reason it hasn’t happened yet is because the mayor is patient, — Landim emphasized.

The former president revealed that the lack of progress on the stadium was one of the main reasons he opposed Bap’s ticket in the last election. He also warned that all it would take is for Mayor Eduardo Paes (PSD) to give the order and the land would return to Caixa Econômica.

See Landim’s statement:

Have the works already started?

Landim explained that making the project viable depends crucially on a bill that Paes would send to the City Council, but that will only happen if the club shows genuine interest in moving forward. However, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro recently issued a statement confirming the removal of the gas pipeline from the land, an essential step to allow construction to begin.

Landim’s statements expose a deep political division within the club, with the former president accusing the current board of failing to fulfill campaign promises and abandoning a strategic project for the future of Flamengo.

What is the financial cost of the stadium?

The previous management of Flamengo, led by Rodolfo Landim, had planned for the club’s own stadium to cost around R$ 1.9 billion. However, after the first data from the new feasibility study, Bap assured that the projections are much higher. Therefore, the project could reach R$ 3 billion to build the future home of Mengão.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.