Christmas message of cordiality At a tense moment in the relationship CB Gran Canaria and its main sponsor, Dreamland Gran Canaria. It happened yesterday in Arena during the traditional christmas cocktail that the Claretian entity offers annually with sponsors, collaborators and the media. Antonio Moralespresident of the Cabildo, owner of the club, sent a message of gratitude to the company that is currently causing finances to falter due to the defaults in the sponsorship contract that unites both parties. Remember that the club closed the year 2024-25 with a deficit of nearly 200,000 euros and requested from the lobbying entity a advance of half a million for this campaign.
The regional government remains calm and clings to the burofax sent by the company that owns Dreamland Studios, Newportin which he informs of his intention to pay the delays from last seasonwhich amount to 120.000 eurosand then continue with the payments until completing what is owed so far for this course, 150.000. Furthermore, Newport indicated its intention to maintain the contractual relationship in the future. But yes, the institution works with its legal team in case the main sponsor's defaults are not resolved.
At the informative breakfast before the cocktail, the Sports Minister, Aridany Romeroremarked that «we have main sponsorwe still have it and they have told us that they are going to catch up». And he added that “that does not mean that we do not constantly look for large and small sponsors.”
Institutional tensions and economic claims
«I want to thank Newport for its firmness when it comes to sponsoring a club of this nature and also the small and medium-sized businessmen who have formed an important network to support this club and provide society with that necessary extra of public-private collaboration so that the club works in the best possible way,” Morales said in his speech. A message that I heard in situ Yasmina Newport Perdomocompany manager.
President Morales was less cordial when he referred to the debt that the Government of the Canary Islands maintains with the CB Gran Canaria: «It is necessary to make a call for maximum institutional loyaltybecause it cannot be that the Government of the Canary Islands implements measures that harm a club like this, although logically there is a correction process, although the Cabildo has had to make an effort to advance resources because there have been difficulties and not all clubs have been treated in the same way.
The anger with the regional Executive was also expressed by its Sports Minister, who criticized that the Government of the Canary Islands, specifically the Vice-Ministry of the Presidencyhave not satisfied a sponsorship debt with Gran Canaria. That amount amounts to almost 466.000 eurosof which 250.000 correspond to the season 2024-25.
On a day where economy of CB Gran Canaria was the protagonist, there were also darts towards him local business for its practically no involvement with the club. “I wish there were some here red like in Valencia,” Morales even went so far as to say, in reference to the owner of Mercadona and of Valencia Basket.n
Via: The Province – Diario de Las Palmas
