He Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council has once again stressed that it will resort to the courts if the Island Council continues with the idea of expanding the coverage of the Historical Special Plan of the Barrio de Los Hoteles-Pino del Oro to beyond the Plaza de Toros. This was announced by the mayor, Jose Manuel Bermudezin statements to NOTICE DIARYstating that “we cannot forget that this property is privately owned, so if we now add that it is a protected space, then we will have the perfect equation so that this infrastructure falls into ruins and is never usable by citizens.” and for the city’s economy.”
In this sense, Bermúdez announced that “we have asked the Cabildo not to expand the initial delimitation of this plan, since doing so would include the Plaza de Toros and the homes that are around it, which would hinder any use, removal and remodeling of this space. in the future”.
The mayor stated that “if the Cabildo continues with the idea of expanding the coverage of the Special Plan for the Los Hoteles Neighborhood, which initially covered up to the Mencey Hotel, we will be forced to appeal to Justice, because there is no historical basis or justification for “This new delimitation, which will only mean that not a single brick can be moved from the Bullring area.”
Bermúdez trusted that the current island government will reconsider its approach and choose to find a solution that maintains the current façade of this characteristic building in the Tenerife capital, but giving it a new internal use. “The problem is that with this Special Plan, neither the exterior, nor the stands nor the bullpens of the plaza can be touched.”
It is worth remembering that the expansion of the Special Plan for the Los Hoteles-Pino del Oro Neighborhood was suspended by the courts and the Government of the Canary Islands approved it again last year. A decision that the capital city council announced at the time that it would appeal to the courts and that, according to the Urban Planning Management, is in the process of formalizing.
The approved expansion of the Special Plan for Hotels establishes that its limits run between the Plaza de Toros and Avenida 25 de Julio, including all properties located above Rambla de Santa Cruz, including the Hotel Mencey and Los Lavaderos.
Below the Rambla, the limit goes down José Naveiras, including all the buildings facing García Sanabria Park, to, on Méndez Núñez Street, include the Yellow Houses. Through El Pilar, the BIC limit extends to Viera and Clavijo streets, affecting all properties located on both sides of said roads. Between Viera y Clavijo and Pi y Margall, several buildings located in the block below Méndez Núñez are included.
In the southern area it is expanded to include the Captaincy and all its attached offices, as well as Weyler Square (the Ministry of Defense already opposed the inclusion of its buildings in the BIC in the previous file).
Finally, the section of Jesús y María street between Rambla de Pulido and Pérez de Rozas, as well as between this and Méndez Núñez and Rambla, affects almost all the properties on those streets and with a facade to them.
The Santa Cruz Bullring was inaugurated in 1893 after the presentation of the project by Antonio Pintor Ocete commissioned by the La Tinerfeña Society. In 1924 the square caught fire and a large part of it was destroyed: the boxes, the stands, as well as the corrals and pigsties were affected. The reopening took place in 1927. The figures of each decade passed through the plaza until 1977, the year after which practically no celebrations were held due to the lack of interest of the fans and the cost of transporting the bulls from the Peninsula. The last bullfighting show took place on January 7, 1984.