The difficulty in organizing an event like the barge crossing at Estuary If he Athletic won the cupthe superstition of many who don’t even want to hear the word and now the controversy over the prices set for the hypothetical festival. friend set the date and time to Monday. It will take place on Thursday the 11th, the rise will begin at 4:30 pm at Abra de Getxo Maritime Club and ends a few hours later at the town hall of Bilbao.
An event with a thousand sides. Therefore, the Athletic He clarified that he expects the dispute in the final, “since the necessary procedures for the registration of accompanying boats require advancement during the registration, this is the only way to have enough time to guarantee the review of the necessary documentation and the “correct organization of possible and massive events.”
Athletic, the Port Authority of Bilbao, the Coastal Demarcation of the Basque Country and the Maritime Captaincy of Bilbao decided, for safety reasons, to limit the number of boats that could go up Bilbao. There will be a raffle if more people register than the set limit.
This is where the controversy arises. And there is a participation fee, depending on the type of boat and the place where the journey ends, because not all of them can get to the town hall, which ranges from 250 to 3,000 euros. There is also a fee per person in the range between 100 and 300 euros. All inclusive of applicable VAT. In the same way, the Athletic announced prices to introduce “advertising and/or promotional elements of a commercial nature.” From 3,000 to 5,000 euros, prices without VAT. “Advertising elements and their design must be approved by the club,” they added from the club.
Who sets these prices and why? They are the two questions that circulated yesterday in the capital of Biscay. When in doubt, the Bilbao Port Authority issued a statement to clarify that this entity “does not participate, nor legally can, in the aforementioned decision which is limited to the scope of decisions that can be adopted by the organizational entity and, also, that this charge is not intended to cover any service or requirement on its part Port Authority”.
He Port of Bilbao It is limited to “providing the appropriate authorization for its celebration and cooperation for the proper development and security of this event.” Ricardo Barkalapresident of Port Authorityhe said to the microphones of Radio Bilbao which is just a note of clarification because of the “confusion” that has stirred people up.
He also noted that they are “intensely cooperating” with friend because they are “necessary parts and actors” so that everything will be fine if the lions bring the cup in Bilbao after 40 years. “Relationship with Athletic “They are exceptional,” he said. Barkala, whose only goal is to escape any controversy: “This is a very complicated event and many things need to be coordinated. Is he Athletic what launches it and what connects it and what we do collaborate on everything and more Athletic. We just want to say that, as Port“It’s not our business (to charge the boats).”
Source: La Verdad
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