UD Las Palmas started raising money this June facing the 2024-25 LaLiga EA Sports season because it has limitations that other clubs do not have: the cost of permanent insularity in water, transport and energy. The income in dribs and drabs what the club has access to is reflected in the tickets, for example, which hardly represent the 3 million euros that are in the First Division.
The yellow club Every year it promotes financing for improvements to the Gran Canaria Stadium with its funds waiting for these costs to be verified by agreement with the Cabildo of Gran Canaria. In the last season, the thematization of the lower area of the venue was partially developed, which until then developed a perception that was always under construction.
Last season, UD Las Palmas planned season ticket prices of 10 million euros; but it was lowered to 5 million euros to win the loyalty of the fans. The fee in LaLiga will reach five million euros and, that, without taking into account bonuses and player transfer payments. All of the above depends on one main factor: water is the fuel of UD Las Palmas.
The cost overruns that UD Las Palmas compared to other Primera clubs is permanent. In the Second Division, UD Las Palmas cost 27 million euros In the First Division, that is 54 million for salary costs or transport costs. For example, 52,000 liters of water every day takes each of the two fields that the first team trains on Barranco Seco Sports Citymade of natural grass.
That humidity should be maintained because every 15 days the players play in the Peninsula not counting the Copa del Rey. This water is not always natural but rather desalinated, which in the islands has a price that varies depending on the price of fuel used by desalination plants.
Large production costs between 0.50 and 1.00 euros per cubic meter, 1,000 liters of water. The 14 teams of UD Las Palmas, which in 2021 acquired 14 hectares of land in Barranco Seco for 721,000 euros, need a strict control such as grass height which should be between 15 and 35 millimeters for high level.
Airlines. The cost of travel from UD Las Palmas to the Peninsula is another factor that generates additional costs because of that price stability cannot be maintained because the match calendar is defined as the TV audience sets the agenda. This indicates that prices have permanent changes. Now 2024 the CD Tenerife return flight canceled due to bad weather with hotel stay surcharge and delayed training for the next game.
Source: La Verdad
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