The mayor of Rome: “It is very nice that there is this participation and that Romans and tourists have the opportunity, free of charge, to enjoy the Villa and one of the most beautiful equestrian competitions in the world”
The scenario of Siena square, where the curtain falls on the ninety-first edition of the Horse Show, is “unique and has no rivals”. The mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri he looks around and doesn’t stop doing it. The glance with the sold out Antiche Tribune and the party for the highlight of the 91st edition of Csio of Piazza di Siena it’s full of enthusiasm, music and great champions. Gualtieri has just delivered the Capitoline Wolf to the American Karl Cookwinner of Rolex Rome Grand Prixthen focuses on the journalists: “It’s a big party for everyone – declares –. It is very nice that there is this participation and that Romans and tourists have the opportunity, free of charge, to enjoy the Villa and one of the most beautiful horse competitions in the world”.
Gualtieri, after the organizers’ assessment of the general growth of spectators (56 thousand plus the thousand of the Polo), social contacts, doubled turnover from 2018 to today – part of which is reinvested in the Piazza di Siena area – reflects on the positive effect of an agreement that started a long time ago and has never stopped growing: “The collaboration between Roma Capitale, FISE and Sport e Salute is a good practice, a model that perfectly explains how different subjects such as local and national administrations and sports organizations can collaborate for the good of sport”the whole “with a positive impact on Piazza di Siena, understood as a sporting event that benefits from this partnership while generating an important impact for the city. The Piazza di Siena Competition – adds the mayor – it is a glorious sporting institution with a great history and tradition behind it which however looks to the future and is constantly growing”. The last thought is for the tens of thousands of people who took their places in the historic stands adjacent to the Oval during the four days of competition: “Today there are thousands of people here and this is the most beautiful photo to close an edition that has broken every record”.
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