Malaga is back from vacation after working for over a year and a half. Paris without Expo this week, and with a huge fiasco that will cost him to survive. belgradeThe Serbian capital beat Costa del Sol, who finished second in the vote, yes, ahead of another tough rival, the US state. MinnesotaIn addition to the island of Thailand Phuketalso favorite and San Carlos de Barilocheon the Patagonian steppe, the lowest value bid by Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the agency tasked with prosecuting these incidents and ensuring their proper development.
miss this train – what It cost more than three million euros Málaga City Council assumes for city – in split promotion between Junta de Andalucía, Diputación and Government Say goodbye to an investment of more than 2,000 million eurosincluding the construction of the enclosure and the introduction of a number of Expo-related infrastructures currently in the air.
and forecasts economic impact Gathered in a report calculated by Andalusia Economic Analysts as an average in 2021 4.6 million visitors to the city and an average of 11 million visits to the venueon the grounds good view.
With this flow of people and forecast spending between 50 and 60 euros per person in the pavilions, the economic impact of the event was imminent 3,000 million eurosAbout 8.1% of provincial GDP in 2019.
But while the money invested and the economic forecasts are irrevocable, Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Malaga, vehemently reassured: Doesn’t want to give up Expo’s “legacy”momentum that will continue beyond September 2027, when this event will end in the capital.
Make a post-fair but “before the fair”as the councilor himself explained to this newspaper hours after learning of the decision of one hundred members of the Bureau, after a dismal press conference at the Spanish Embassy in Paris.
The future of space
before the question “And now this?”De la Torre’s answer is obviously to continue with the construction of the area estimated to be more than 1000000 for the pavilions. 927 million €so the field probably needs to be sized.
“The part that’s built on 25 hectares will be allocated to your university Malaga (UMA) for the creation of an ecosystem that is linked to innovation and entrepreneurship and that creates synergies with the activity occurring in it. Malaga Technology Park”highlighted in the nomination dossier.
De la Torre explained that the building could function as follows: Center for teaching and innovation in environmental sustainabilityassociated with University of Malaga and other universities that may be interested.
«Not making an alternative fairThat’s not him, thinking straight how to design a space with a permanent vocationbut that requires more conversation,” he pointed to this newspaper.
Endangered infrastructures
In addition to the venue, the City Council does not want this defeat to leave the field. drawer projects and infrastructures It will be introduced at the Expo.
«Expo Malaga 2027It will promote the achievement of the goals of the city as a benchmark for a sustainable city through the implementation of innovative proposals focused on citizenship and environmental protection”.
Only improvements communication And Transport to arrive at what is calledproductive triangle” From Málaga – Andalusian Technology Park next to the University of Málaga, mother business parksHE airport And Fair and Congress CenterVery relevant items were included, such as -, about 50 million euros for the Malaga distributor route, 31 million euros for the expansion of the distribution network. A-7054 or remodeling of the highway connection A-357 In addition to improvements in mobility in the Teatinos and Carlinda area – on the same route, for 20 euros – to be completed Julio Cortazar street and its connection M-20– For 39 million. In addition, new access to the PTA from the A-7058 was achieved with a budget of four million euros.
As regards mobility and public transport, five million euros, new suburban stopjudicial corcherafor five million euros or vialia And Navy Squarefor 135 million euros.
Coastal Planbetween the burial of traffic on the east-west axis of the city Hotel Miramar and Guadalmedina was another of the macro projects that De la Torre hoped to solve with US support. FairIt is also on the agenda with a budget of 301 million euros. new parking lots related to city of Melilla And Sea Square.
Likewise, it incorporated Malaga AuditoriumAt a cost of 93 million, Extension of the Fair and Congress Palace with 110 million euros or “Urban integration of the Guadalmedina river”, It has been waiting for a solution in which 200 million euros will be invested for more than twenty years. Room river corridor del Guadalhorce, with a budget item of eight million euros.
We’ll also have to see what happens. 1,400 household They first planned to take a five-minute walk through the pavilions aimed at accommodating exhibitors as well as exhibitors.
“We will talk to Sepes to see if the deal for Expo will continue to attract Sepes’ interest even without Expo.”“De la Torre from Paris gave him land to promote housing and gave us the opportunity to propose a very similar project in that area of the fence.”
For now, with no intention of submitting new nominees to celebrate such an event, the city will need to find the formula that will continue to push the processing of all these projectsalthough it doesn’t have the accelerator to be a hot city for the next special Expo.
Malaga will have to “convince” Europe to finance the venue
Proceed with planned developments on the land good view through the cotton Fair And Desk It means a very high economic effort for Malaga City Council to face it directly.
The mayor of Malaga, determined to promote the project alone, the need for external financingand sees a possible solution for this european funds.
“There is no doubt that we cannot do it alone, We need to explain this to Europe well.I believe it is a project that Europe can draw attention to, through the Spanish Government, with the Junta, who sympathizes with it, because I insist, it is very important after the fair, because We can do something very similar without going through Expo”pointing to the legislator, referring to other public administrations that should clarify whether they are aligned with this perspective.
“If it is made with the desire to serve humanity, it should look beautiful to everyone. The alternative is not to make a fair, but to think directly about how to design a space with a permanent profession.But that requires more talk.”
De la Torre’s priorities now include ithe impulse of the enclosure itselfcentrally teaching And innovation inside Sustainability Among the urban and mentioned infrastructures, the expansion of the Trade Fair and Conference Center (Fycma), the construction of the Malaga Auditorium on the Harbor land or the extension of the Campanillas road to the hyperronda junction stand out.