After a long time, the cream shop is quiet. Universitario are battling for first place in League 1 and recent economic results seem to give stability to the current government of Jean Ferrari. With 12 games unbeaten, Jorge Fossati’s side are among the teams that bring the most people to the stadium, which benefits the show, the players but above all the institution.
“People are crucial, because box office receipts used to not be taken into account, or at least their variables were not what they are now. In a document I found, there was a capacity request for 2017 made by Carlos Moreno, where it was only for 15,000 people. With that, there was an average income that they didn’t give you to factor into your flow,” Ferrari told Nativa.
In this vein, he explained that “among revenue alternatives, the percentage per box office has exceeded monthly revenue from TV rights.” Today we have the percentage by box office, followed by TV rights and very close to sponsors, while the latter was no more than 15% or 5%.”
For the manager, the idea of having a sustainable project in the facility will also serve to identify the economic issues at hand. “The plan is to settle the bankruptcy debts and exit the club in good health, as set out in a feasibility plan presented when the report was submitted to Sunat last week, and they must already make an assessment to that effect.”
And he added: “From then on, based on the observations that have been made, there will be an approved plan that will start with the payment of mainly the bankruptcy debt, which is our goal.” As for current debt, we’re in a bit more than one year from 68 million to about 50 million.”