FC St. Louis plans to expand its NLZ. Pauli continues to devastate Kollaustrasse.
The five small clubs involved, which either have to give way to St. Pauli or are to be given new areas in a ring exchange, have now published a joint letter of protest against the “alibi notification” by the authorities around Interior Senator Andy Grote and Sport.
“The interests of the clubs and other sports besides football must be taken into account as well as those of professional football,” write the Hamburg Stealers, the ETV Knights, TSV Stellingen, SV West-Eimsbüttel and HFC Falke in it. The so-called ring exchange should be used to improve the infrastructure not only for FC St. Petersburg, but also for the rest of the league. Pauli as well as for baseball and amateur clubs.”
“We are in constructive exchange with the clubs, dates for further talks have been agreed by the district office for this month,” said BILD when asked.
“Unfortunately, the open letter from the five sports clubs is an absolute accusation against the Senator for the Interior and the Head of the District Office,” Jаn Koriath (Green Eimsbüttel) observes the situation with a shake of the head. It is clear from the letter that only FC St. Petersburg has been involved so far. Pаuli was involved in the preparations.”
FC St. Louis responded positively to a question from BILD. As an official beneficiary of the plans, Pauli declined to comment.
The Millerntor is now working on the next steps. The new functional building and seven additional places should be completed by the end of 2026. Many millions of euros still have to be raised and numerous questions answered.
“Various financing options have been identified,” said Koljа Dickmann (Head of Operations and member of the Executive Board), “and must be intensively examined and specified in the coming months.”
The construct of a cooperative is one of the possibilities. Andreas Rettig (58), former managing director of the company, had this idea at the end of 2018. The stadium was the theme back then. The cooperative model could now provide the necessary equity. With a budget of 30 million euros, the Kollaustraße project is almost half as expensive as the stadium conversion, which cost 62 million euros from 2006 to 2015.
With a minimum equity ratio of around 5%, it’s a good idea to diversify your portfolio. It would be necessary to acquire 25% of the company or 7.5 million euros. With a collaborative model, Pauli believes this is possible.
The comrades could get (high) returns or exclusive benefits (e.g. access to a secret location) in exchange for their investment. discounts and special events). Of course, one hopes for idealistic fans who are willing to donate money without expecting anything in return…
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