Bulls: Garzón in La Maestranza or the conspiracy of silence | Culture | EUROtoday

Regarding the appointment of the Sevillian businessman José María Garzón as the brand new supervisor of the Plaza de La Maestranza, we solely actually know that he has been appointed to the place. Nothing else.

The grasp company has restricted itself to creating public an announcement of two strains, 32 phrases, wherein it throws the stone and hides its hand. Not an extra element concerning the selection of the brand new tenant.

And the aforementioned has restricted himself to saying that he’s very comfortable, and that being a businessman from Seville is the dream of his life, and he has been capable of learn that far.

And the third get together in rivalry, the unemployed Ramón Valencia, has not mentioned a phrase. The reality is that this man has not given any information in his enterprise life, he has all the time dodged any compromising query with sibylline dribbles or, merely, he has restricted himself to not responding to interview requests from some media—this one, for instance—that he thought-about uncomfortable. It is regular that at the moment he doesn’t open his mouth both.

In quick, the three protagonists appear decided to take the key to the grave concerning the negotiations and, above all, about what the content material of the brand new contract is and the way it will have an effect on – this level is an important – the purchasers who come to the field workplace.

This newspaper has tried to search out out the opinion of the Real Maestranza, however, as anticipated, it has remained silent in response.

Due to not understanding, it’s not even identified if there have been negotiations with the Pagés firm.

Is the proprietor of the plaza inside her proper to stay silent or not? It is a non-public entity, definitely, however with huge public significance; What’s extra, it is determined by the general public for its financing and the train of its actions. Hence the necessity for the corporate to have the appropriate to know the phrases of the settlement signed with the brand new businessman. Because if, because it appears – additionally it is unknown – the Real Maestranza has elevated the share of what it can obtain for every bullfighting celebration – established till now at 21.88 % of the gross turnover – it’s logical to suppose that it’s going to have an effect on the value of the tickets.

Because, after all, being a businessman in Seville shall be Garzón’s dream, however, as soon as awake, he may have performed his calculations to forestall that great reward from turning into a nightmare. That is, it shouldn’t be a smash that may mortgage you to your whole life. Consequently, if you must pay greater than the earlier tenant, you’ll have to elevate the value of tickets, which aren’t low cost on this place.

Consequently, the La Maestranza consumer has the appropriate to know the way the change of supervisor will have an effect on them.

By the best way, as a result of we do not know, it’s not even identified if there have been negotiations with the Pagés firm. Has the property restricted itself to easily telling Ramón Valencia that it doesn’t rely on him or, quite the opposite, has it conveyed its situations to him and has it been he who has rejected the proposal as a result of he considers them unacceptable for his economic system? Did you contact Garzón within the first occasion or was he the alternative following Valencia’s resignation? Has the Real Maestranza studied gives from different candidates?

The delay in making public a definitive answer means that the negotiations with each events have been lengthy and never simple, and it was not solely because of the drafting of the brand new contract. Delay, sure, as a result of the Sevillian subscription, which in 2025 has consisted of 17 bullfights, a bullfighting present and 6 bullfights, is offered within the second half of February and requires time to organize.

By the best way, among the many important challenges of the brand new entrepreneur should embody, it’s assumed, the subscribers, who’ve gone from 7,000 in 2008 to not more than 2,000 presently. Because? For the mistreatment that the Pagés firm has inflicted on them all through its historical past. Those who deposit a major sum of money in February to pay for the April Fair, the following bullfights and the three San Miguel bullfights on the finish of September haven’t had a single notable profit. An abuse.

José María Garzón (Seville, 53 years outdated), agricultural knowledgeable, sensible newbie who boasts of getting bullfighted 25 festivals, bullfighting by household custom, short-lived rancher, agent of Juan Ortega, and businessman from Córdoba, Santander, Cáceres, Torrejón de Ardoz, Écija and, from subsequent January 1, from Seville, has earlier than him the problem of constructing one in all his maxims a actuality: “The good businessman is the representative of the public.”

And the Real Maestranza, with all safety, will be capable to proceed with its huge and acknowledged social and cultural help work.

But each are improper with their extreme penchant for secrecy, darkness, and the conspiracy of silence.

The public has the appropriate to know with whom and for what they’re risking their cash.