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We rebuild your sports facility.
You pay nothing up front.
We redevelop municipal sports facilities run under concession by amateur sports clubs and associations. We carry out the works, we take care of maintenance and technical management, and we structure the financing with the public guarantee of the Italian Sports Credit Institute. The concession stays with the club, which commits no capital of its own.
The problem, as it almost always appears
The playing surface has reached the end of its life, the changing rooms no longer meet requirements, and the heating and electrical systems consume more than they should. The agreement with the Municipality requires the concession holder to invest, but the accounts of an amateur club cannot carry extraordinary works and do not offer banks the security they normally ask for.
The outcome is familiar: deadlines pushed back year after year, facilities falling into disrepair, and a Municipality that owns the asset but has no resources to spend on something entrusted to others.
The arrangement we propose
The operation brings together three parties, each in the role that belongs to it.
The Municipality remains the owner
It spends nothing and gives up no ownership of the facility. It does not have to run a new tender, because the existing concession is not altered. If it sees fit, it may support the operation with the surety guarantee provided for by article 207, paragraph 3, of the Italian Consolidated Law on Local Authorities for works built on land it owns.
The sports club remains the concession holder
It keeps the concession, the hours, the pitches and its technical and sporting independence. It is the borrower of record, but it commits no capital of its own and the chairman gives no personal guarantees.
Tre Elle builds and manages
We act as contractor for the works, as facility management provider and as energy service company. We acquire no rights over the facility, we take none of the revenue from the sporting activity and we hold no stake in the club.
How it is financed
The loan is in the name of the sports club and is backed by the guarantee fund of the Italian Sports and Cultural Credit Institute, which can cover up to eighty per cent of the financing with no collateral from the concession holder. The remaining share can be covered by a guarantee from the Municipality that owns the facility.
Design and application costs are advanced by us: they are included in the price of the works only if the operation goes ahead.
Debt service is built on three items: the revenue the facility already generates, the energy savings achieved through efficiency works, and the reduction in costs that pass to us.
What the project covers
The works
Playing surface, changing rooms compliant with CONI requirements, stand, lighting, fencing, building services and energy efficiency work on the envelope and on the heating and electrical systems. We schedule the phases so that sporting activity is never interrupted.
Technical management
Routine and extraordinary maintenance, building services, grounds, safety and compliance. Utilities and waste tax pass to us.
Energy
Energy audit, efficiency works and the supply of electricity and gas through Tre Elle Energy, telephony and connectivity through Tre Elle Mobile.
What stays with the sports club
- The club, in full: first team, youth sector, name, colours, history and premises
- Memberships, fees and sponsorship contracts
- Technical and sporting independence, with no interference from us
- Hours and pitches no fewer than today, with priority for matches and youth activity
- A total cost no higher than the current one
These commitments are written into the contract we sign with the club, for a term matching that of the concession, and we ask that they be incorporated into the agreement with the Municipality.
Why Tre Elle Group
We are a construction company with around eighty employees and operating offices in Italy, part of a group that also works in energy and telecommunications. This allows us to follow the facility from the works through to its management, without going through a chain of suppliers.
- SOA certification: OG1 class VII, OG2 class V, OG11 class VI
- ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management system certifications
- ESCo certification under the UNI CEI 11352 standard for energy efficiency services
- Code of Ethics and organisational model under Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001
The first step is a site visit
We come and see the facility, we go through the running accounts and the energy consumption with you, and we tell you what can be done and in what order of magnitude. The site visit is free and commits you to nothing.
Andrea Fulco
Phone and WhatsApp: 333 182 3202
Email: info@treellegroup.com
Amounts, terms and guarantees shown on this page are indicative and are subject to assessment by the lending institution, to the conditions in force at the time of application and to checks on the individual facility.