The future Municipal Pavilion of La Laguna has its first endorsements from the national level after the meeting held by the mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, with the president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, and with the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, to present the proposal for the construction of this new multifunctional infrastructure, with capacity to accommodate 10,000 spectators, which the City Council plans to hold in Las Mantecas.
The meeting held this past Wednesday (October 8) at the CSD headquarters in Madrid has been “very productive,” according to what Luis Yeray Gutiérrez expressed at its conclusion, who thanked “the total and absolute support shown by the president of the Higher Sports Council for this first-class infrastructure that we want to have in La Laguna.”
During the meeting, in which the Sports Councilor, Badel Albelo, also took part, the technical characteristics of this project were presented, which meets the increasingly pressing demands of the municipality’s sports entities that compete at a national and international level. The CSD will study the proposal carefully to establish ways to support the project, which would allow “La Laguna to host international tournaments in the future in different sports disciplines,” according to Luis Yeray Gutiérrez.
The mayor subsequently met with the president of the Spanish Basketball Federation, Elisa Aguilar, to also seek the support of the body that manages the national basketball competitions and teams. The status of La Laguna-Tenerife (CB Canarias) as a municipal team in the national elite favors the commitment to “modern facilities that respond to the objectives and needs of this and other elite clubs in the municipality.”
The Urban Planning Management of La Laguna has already initiated a minor modification of the General Planning Plan (PGO) so that the 42,000 square meter Las Mantecas plot, located below the Faculty of Fine Arts, can house the new sports infrastructure. The modification of the PGO will establish that this land, which the University of La Laguna has renounced, will be considered a Free Sports Space, so that 25% of the plot will be used for covered sports facilities. This translates into a buildable area of 10,591 square meters; that is, approximately double the size occupied by the Santiago Martín pavilion.
As this partial modification of the PGO is carried out, which may last about two years, the City Council will begin the process to call an international competition of ideas, “because we aspire to have an infrastructure that is referenced, not only for its benefits and its capacity, but also for its design”, as the mayor explained on the day of the public presentation of the project, highlighting that this arises after several years of planning and in a transversal manner between different areas of the City Council, including the Agency Autonomous Sports Department, the Department of Works and Infrastructure and the Municipal Services area.
The City Council’s intention is for the new pavilion to have a modular nature, with the capacity to host both large sports competitions as well as congresses, fairs, concerts and large events, which will allow the presence of large events to be controlled in the city centre.
A third dimension of this project has to do with its sustainable nature. In addition to the 25% of the Las Mantecas plot that will be occupied by the multifunctional pavilion, the remaining 75% of the land, more than 30,000 square meters, will be used as an urban sports park. In this way, a new infrastructure is gained, but also a large green area, which will be one of the main urban lungs of the municipality.
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