The auction of the stalls Carnival held yesterday passed quietly. Gone are the years where the Local Police had to intervene due to the brawls between the participants. Now, the majority go for the position that interests them with the approval of the rest of the auctioneers. Even so, there were bids in which the prices were raised in an obvious way, so that, who was finally interested, ended up taking the more expensive position than he had planned, and that this year the starting price was lowered by 65%. to adjust it to the real days of Carnival in the street, which will be only four.
Thus, of the 49 stalls that went up for auction, 32 ended up being awarded, for which the Autonomous Festival Organism raised 45,789.93 euros. According to the calculations of the City Council, if the bonus had not been applied, the collection would have exceeded 130,000 euros. To the amount actually collected must be added that contributed by the sponsors, for whom 36 positions were reserved directly. In this way, in the four days of Carnival in the street there will be 68 consumption points available that range from bus bars, through breweries, potato machines or the sale of dried fruits and nougats. To this we must add the concession of 35 bars in the area of the Carnival ring, which are the premises that have requested them.
Before the start of the auction, the layout of the different scenarios was explained and it was warned that Francisco La Roche’s scenario is not certain to be ready on the night of the 23rd, which coincides with the Burial of the Sardine, and that the Sunday of the Day Carnival, which worried the participants in the bidding. This forced the Councilor for Fiestas, Alfonso Cabello, to intervene to clarify that they will try to keep the music on stage that Sunday at least until noon, and then stop and start the staging of the Rhythm and Harmony contest, “you know the people who drag to the area, ”said the mayor. An explanation that seemed not to penetrate the attendees since of the 17 positions that were deserted, 11 were located in the area in question.
As for the auction, as a curiosity, it should be noted that the two available churrerías (in Valentín Sanz and in Francisco La Roche) were deserted, perhaps the heat that is expected for those days has made the participants think that it would not be a good deal, that, or that its starting price, 4,808.65 euros, was too high for four days of partying.
Breweries
Only in seven stalls was the bidding encouraged, exceeding the initial price, even in one of them it reached 7,000 euros, starting from 1,915 euros, although it seems that the lack of understanding led to leaving it deserted, when lowering the hand to the Perhaps the applicants to keep the brewery on Bethencourt Afonso street.
Finally, it was awarded in the second round for the starting price. It was precisely the breweries that concentrated the highest bids, with one of them, also located in Bethencourt Afonso, quadrupling its starting price and winning 6,310 euros, the most expensive price in the auction.
