A stadium done well, as the political slogan would say, but above all one Roma stadium that goes beyond the mottos. One of the novelties that Dan Friedkin plans to include in the project the ownership of the plant, which will no longer be the shareholder but directly of the football club. It was one of the “traditional” complaints that were raised against Jim Pallotta, who was accused of wanting to do business across the stadium with the parallel company set up under the name of TDV.
The convention
Now: in the draft urban planning agreement, proposed by Mauro’s staff Baldissoni, the thirty-year constraint that binds Rome to Tor di Valle according to the law is envisaged (a “predominantly user sports club” is needed to build a stadium). But Friedkin, who will also buy all 12 companies in the Pallotta galaxy next Monday in London through the newco called Friedkin Group Investment Limited, intends to go further by incorporating the stadium into the As Roma balance sheet. The result will be a direct advantage in the growth of turnover and above all the possibility of playing inside a stadium owned without the burden of a rent: today the club pays the Coni for the Olimpico over 3 million, tomorrow it should pay the reference shareholder. But this, in Friedkin’s projects, must not happen by eliminating all misunderstandings: the stadium must belong to Rome in all respects.
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