Overview
- The mayor said a letter from Conselleiro Diego Calvo offers no real agreement and serves to avoid committing funds to the stadium works tied to the 2030 World Cup bid.
- Caballero maintains he requested €1.5 million from the Xunta only to relocate two sewer collectors for the Tribuna expansion and reads the response as a refusal to participate.
- He proposes splitting the overall Balaídos renovation cost into thirds between the Xunta, the city and the provincial council, noting the city and Diputación financed three of the four stands.
- He argues that in other candidate cities stadium upgrades are paid by local or regional bodies or clubs, not by Spain’s central government, and calls the Xunta’s stance an affront to Vigo.
- Linking the rift to other projects, he accuses the Xunta of stalling the ETEA redevelopment, the Elduayen tunnel—where he says an environment permit is pending—and the Ifevi expansion.