Does the Luna Park will become an office tower?
Following a note by the newspaper Clarin, alarms quickly lit: Luna Park, iconic stadium of Corrientes and Bouchard could be sold to a business group and would become a gigantic office tower.
opened in 1932, Luna Park is much more than a stadium, as numerous events and historical events occurred there. Several boxing champions paraded through the ring and numerous artists, national and international made vibrate thousands of people with his music.
However, as said means, the investor group would be interested in staying with actions, since 2013, They belong to the Church (The stadium was donated after the death of Ernestina Devecchi Lectoure Caritas and the Salesian Order of St. John Bosco in 95 percent and was then acquired the remaining percentage).
The reason for the sale of the property would emblematic for its high maintenance cost and to cover 130 million pesos that the Church intended to salaries for the moment out of the state coffers. An alleged sale would mean pocketing around 40 millions of dollars.
Beyond alarms lit, there would be a series of events that would hamper sale. First and foremost is the decree of former President Nestor Kirchner, who in 2007 Luna Park declared a National Historic Landmark. This means that neither the facade nor its structure can be modified.
years earlier (2001 to be exact) The stadium was declared a Site of Cultural Interest, so neither could make changes to the zoning of his apple, Historical Protection Area.
While, according to Clarin, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires ordered the Undersecretary of Records, Interpretation and Cadastre, Rodrigo Cruz, analyze the situation.