Journalist and Flamengo advisor debate on social media about the club's new stadium

Flamengo is preparing for the construction of its new stadium. The dream of having an arena to call your own became closer after the purchase of the Gasologista land, in the port region of Rio de Janeiro. The club's President, Rodolfo Landim, wrote an article in the space provided by publicist Washington Olivetto in his column in the newspaper 'O Globo'. Football council member Diogo Lemos endorsed the red-black president's words on social media.

The counselor's publication sparked a debate between Diogo Lemos and the journalist Mauro Cezar Pereira

a>. In response to Lemos' original post, Mauro Cezar questioned the lack of concrete information on the part of the club regarding the stadium project and how Flamengo intends to raise resources to finance a project with such a level of importance and cost to the club's coffers.

Diogo Lemos then responded to the journalist with a long message, where he tried to resolve some of the questions frequently asked by red and black people. The advisor stated that the club hired a consultancy to carry out a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study (EVTE) and that this was presented to the city of Rio de Janeiro and was what convinced the city's executive. Lemos also guaranteed that a completed stadium project could cost up to 5% of the final value of the project.

On the financial issue, Diogo reaffirmed the position of selling the Cepacs (Certificate of Additional Construction Potential) of the stadium's land. Gávea and guaranteed that they can raise R$600 million for the stadium project. Additionally, he cited revenue from Naming Rights, when a company puts its name in an arena for marketing purposes. Mauro Cezar mentioned that these are paid in the long term, but Diogo Lemos states that Flamengo can request an advance of amounts through a financial operation with costs (a bank loan using the money receivable as guarantees).

Finally, Mauro Cezar questioned the lack of a detailed study by the club to prove that the proposals referred to by the counselor are valid and safe and, to exemplify his point, he asked how Flamengo estimated the value of R$600 million for the sale of Cepacs' land Gavea. The journalist stated that he was in favor of building the red-black stadium, but not at the expense of Mais Querido's financial health.