The Sant Vicenç de Montalt (Maresme) golf complex closes down to sports activity. The owner of the course has informed subscribers, in a brief statement, that "much to our regret" and as a consequence of "the continuous losses" that they have suffered during the eleven years that they have managed the golf course, "we are forced to to close the course and all golf-related activities on December 31, 2022.
The Sant Vicenç golf course, the second to be opened in the Maresme after Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, whose presidency is held by businessman José Luís Díaz-Varela, founder of the Indukern group, regrets having had to make the decision to cease activity , and are limited in the same statement to "thank the support and participation" of customers during all these years.
If the sporting activity ends in golf, the prestigious gastronomic initiative promoted by the restaurateur Mònica Oleart at the helm of the Grup Racó will not continue. "We will continue the same" points out the businesswoman, since they have recently renewed the contract for seven more years, which ends in 2029. The majority of the restaurant's customers are not related to the sporting activity of golf, so the future de Racó 19 is guaranteed.
The owner of the sports facility, according to sources related to the city council, has no intention of selling the land and is committed to "guaranteeing the conservation of the natural space" avoiding the deterioration of the green areas, which will be reflected in a plan of future that guarantees respect for the character of a green area.
The closure of sports activity has also caused much speculation in Sant Vicenç de Montalt. Proposals of "all kinds" have come to the City Council, municipal sources report, but they also acknowledge that it will be difficult for any to be consolidated unless an "improbable" urban modification is carried out, whose current classification is for sports uses.
The same sources deny the rumors of an urban redevelopment that would affect nine holes of the course, almost half of the surface, and that the future approval of the Municipal Urban Planning Plan (POUM) could bring some benefit to the owners of the sports space. Even so, from the consistory they assure that "they will listen to all the proposals that come to us."
