In the green area of the Buenos Aires sports redoubt, herbage replanting is being carried out, as part of an improvement plan for the so-called “Colossus of the Llano” that will invest a total of more than $300 million.
As part of the actions that make up the infrastructure maintenance program of the Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso de Coquimbo Stadium, the process of renovating the turf began to be carried out on the field of said sports venue, in order to optimize and improve the use of that area of the so-called “Colossus of El Llano”.
The works in the field of play, consist first of all in the application, in the folder, of a friendly product with the environment, which seeks to control and retard the growth of the chépica, – considered as a weed – to later carry out verticutting, aeration and the sowing of approximately 800 kilos of seeds of the Rye Grass Perennial variety, of cold seasons, and whose main characteristics are its tolerance to traffic, rapid germination and speed of establishment. Subsequently, the works consider compaction of the sowing, fertilization and maintenance. This replacement of the grass will allow the permanent use of the field during the winter, without suffering damage.
Cristian Gómez, in charge of municipal enclosures of coquimbo, indicated that “we allocate resources for the complete maintenance of emblematic venues such as the Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Stadium, where work will be carried out on the field, wet net, emergency lights, electrical and audio systems, repair of dressing rooms and painting of bars; We started with the acquisition of machinery, cleaning of tense membranes and today we are with the replanting, we aim that in the month of May we will have one of the best fields at the national level”.
From the sowing, to be carried out in the first fortnight of March, it is contemplated that the seeds germinate in 7 days, and paired in 21 days, in order, in this way, to have the field in conditions of use in approximately two months, that is to say , in mid-May 2023. It is precisely this stretch of time that was considered to carry out this maintenance, since a “window” or recess is generated in the Official First Division Soccer Tournament.
Juan González, manager of the field at the Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Stadium, indicated that “the first stage of the renovation of the field is being carried out, after the application of a product so that the chépica does not compete with the new crop that we are going to sow, The following works that are going to be carried out, according to the programming, are verticutting, aeration, top and sowing, application of fertilizers, preventive fungicide and consecutive cuts, in order, in the coming months, to have the field in the best conditions throughout throughout the entire 2023 season”.
Francisco Zegers, in charge of the project area of the company Julio Zegers y CIA Ltda, a contractor that met the requirements of the public tender generated by the municipality to carry out the planting, mentioned that “We have worked at the National Stadium, also at the German Becker Stadium in Temuco, and on different fields in the country, we are pleased to carry out this work in Coquimbo, it is a new experience, with another grass to intervene”pointed out regarding this task, in which 26 million pesos will be invested.
Investment
During the current municipal administration, headed by Mayor Ali Manouchehri, and with the support of the Municipal Council, the Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso stadium will receive various improvements and maintenance that will allow it to provide a better service to the community. The work started last year with the cleaning of the tense membrane and the acquisition of equipment and machinery for the maintenance of the field and cleaning of the enclosure.
This 2023, the improvement initiatives continue, beginning with the process with the reseeding of the playing field. Electrical maintenance, as well as air conditioning, wet network, public address system, emergency lights, fire alarms, elevator and exhaust fans, are also part of the improvement actions.
In the same way, repairs are contemplated in dressing rooms, remodeling of signage, acquisition of led screen, tools and furniture for halls among other supplies and elements. In total, 316,000,000 million pesos will be invested in this initiative to maintain the main sports venue in Coquimbo.