The Ciudad Real trade fair pavilion is going to be expanded to reach an exhibition area of 31,000 square metres, one of the largest in Spain. This Thursday the first stone of the works of the third phase has been laid, which will allow the incorporation of 9,800 more square meters to the site. The extension will be ready in six months. In the new distribution there will be a central street that will give access to the pavilions, will connect them to each other and also to the exterior hall, located at the entrance of the three new bodies. These will be very different.
The first acts as a façade with the Camino Viejo de Alarcos and has direct access to the main street, with the aim of facilitating the flow of entry to the site and accreditations.
The second has been conceived as a multipurpose space, the intermediate pillars have been eliminated and its height has been raised from six to ten meters to be able to celebrate any event. The diaphanous surface of this second pavilion will be similar to that of the Plaza de la Constitución. Meanwhile, the third pavilion has a façade with the second round and will enable a flexible and functional fairground.
“In Ciudad Real we have the capacity to hold eight different events at the same time in facilities that have had a very reasonable cost”, explained the president of the Ciudad Real Provincial Council, José Manuel Caballero at a ceremony held on the Camino Viejo de Alarcos in which the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, and the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Francisco Martínez Arroyo, also participated. The investment is 20 million euros, including expenses on technologies and services. Durable materials have been used and it has been painted black, because “the important thing is not the pavilion, but what is exhibited within the fair”.
Caballero believes that it is a “truly important” day, since a process begun four years ago in which “a large area has been achieved for different events” is culminated. “We will be in very different conditions than we had four years ago,” Caballero claimed, recalling how this project came to have “institutional tension” between administrations.
Meanwhile, Page has praised the Ciudad Real Provincial Council, since there are few in Spain that are so healthy and so “decently managed.” Likewise, he recalled that with Cospedal at the head of the Junta de Castilla-La Mancha there was an intention “to kill” Fenavin, for which Caballero “is not only fixing a problem”, but is also creating opportunities for the Ciudad Real from within of 20 or 30 years does not look like today.
About the fair pavilion, Page has defined it as “a factory of opportunities” that will allow in turn to expand the hotel and catering capacity of Ciudad Real. “This is a very clear investment in the future, you are sowing”, he said, addressing the president of the Provincial Council.
Finally, Martínez Arroyo has commented that, after the extension of the fair pavilion, Fenavin is going to be “much better than until now”. The counselor has advanced that, starting in 2023, the Board will support rainfed vineyards with a specific line of 26 million euros “to protect the old vines that matter so much to us in Castilla-La Mancha.”
Likewise, the counselor referred to the problem of water in the Tablas de Daimiel, where “it is about to” flood 1,000 hectares through the La Mancha pipeline. This will serve so that “very shortly” the first branch of the supply system to the La Mancha plain can be inaugurated and that 80,000 citizens of Alto Guadiana can drink water in quantity and quality.
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