San Lorenzo announced the complete recovery of the Boedo land: 'Now yes, the return is total'

San Lorenzo confirmed this Tuesday the total recovery of the historic lands of Boedo, an announcement of enormous symbolic impact for the club's institutional life, but which came amid a particular political context: there are only four days left until the early elections on May 30, in which Sergio Costantino, the current provisional leader, will seek to be elected president after taking over on an interim basis following the scandalous departure of Marcelo Moretti.

The leader led the event held at the Nuevo Gasómetro under the slogan "Now yes, the return to Boedo is complete", where the incorporation of the last 8,345 square meters that were still outside the azulgrana control was made official. "Today we can say that the return is complete. We achieved the totality of the square meters that we have always had throughout our history", expressed Costantino during the presentation.

The recovered lands were in the hands of Carrefour and passed to the Corporación Buenos Aires Sur, an agency dependent on the City Government. Now, they will be ceded to San Lorenzo for a period of 50 years to advance with the project of the new stadium on Avenida La Plata.

As part of the agreement, the club must fulfill various obligations related to infrastructure and social actions. Among them are sports scholarships for children from Commune 8, the construction of a green corridor of 1,600 square meters, and the execution of 20% of the work over the next ten years.

The leadership emphasized the emotional value of the definitive recovery of the land. "We are very emotional because this is the closure of a wound that lasted decades", they stated.

The return to Boedo represents a historical cause for San Lorenzo since the club was stripped of those lands during the last military dictatorship. In 2019, the institution had already legally recovered 27 thousand square meters in a day remembered for the massive vigil of fans on Avenida La Plata.

The news generated a strong reaction among fans as it is one of the most important historical claims of the institution. However, the proximity to the elections also raised suspicions in some political sectors of the club, who interpret the announcement as a move that seeks to gather last-minute votes.

Now, with all the lands back under the club's control, San Lorenzo has taken a key step towards the dream of a definitive return to its original neighborhood, although the timing of the announcement was inevitably affected by the electoral climate the institution is experiencing.