The Minister of Sports, Alexandra Benado, referred to the Chilean application together with Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay for the 2030 World Cup
The Minister of Sport, Alexandra Benado, pointed to a national proposal “austere and sustainable” when referring to the application with Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay to organize the 2030 World Cup.
In addition, the Secretary of State seeks to ensure that there are no white elephants after the completion of the World Cup, as long as they win the candidacy. That is to say, that there is no abandonment in the infrastructures for future competitions.
“Our proposal will be austere and sustainable and will meet the requirements of FIFA. The priority today is different: to establish an organization that allows progress in the following tasks. In the organization of the Pan American and Parapan American Games in Santiago 2023, one of the concerns has been and will be not to be left with white elephants, because we are interested in the infrastructure being used and being a material legacy and we will have that same emphasis for 2030“, indicated the minister in dialogue with El Mercurio.
“Our task is to collaborate in adopting all the measures so that we achieve a serious proposal. That happens first by complying with a basic requirement established by FIFA: create and give operation to an autonomous entity that represents the four countries“, he added.
Regarding the approaches by Chile, Benado said that “the proposal, which has already been approved, is that there is a private law corporation formed in our country, which incorporates the four states and their four football federations, with clearly defined statutes, functions and responsibilities. All the countries and federations are in a position to fulfill this first step, for which we will present our proposal for statutes in Montevideo”.
“According to the information we have so far, the formal presentation of the candidacy it is estimated to be in March or April 2023. By that date, our countries must express their official intention, through various authorities, including the Presidents of the Republic and the Ministers of Sports and Finance, with the respective endorsements. The definition of offices and sub-offices is later”, he added.
The head of the portfolio was also consulted about the rumors that indicate that the candidacy with which they compete, that of Spain and Portugalalready has committed votes to host football’s top event.
“I can’t take situations that don’t exist for granted. But, in addition, the final decision has to be adopted on the basis of a total of 211 votes. Our application has an important and unique historical component, which is linked to the fulfillment in 2030 of the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup in Uruguay.“, he sentenced.