For any football team, the stadium is the central point, the place where the team meets the fans. The FC Botoşani club needs a new stadium, which has a capacity of 10,000 seats, says Valeriu Iftime, the owner of the team. «Botoşani needs a stadium with 10,000 seats, I say. A maximum of 10,000 seats, no more is needed. A modern stadium where people can come for the show, not just for football. Now it's cold, it's snowing, it's hard. You can't play football like that.» A stadium can become a hub for the city of Botoşani, a hub whose importance is similar to that of a theater or a museum. «I think that a stadium is mandatory for a city that wants to grow. The stadium is a gathering place, where people meet, and it is an essential matter. A stadium is as important as a theater and can become a kind of museum.»
NV launched the show Business and marketing in football, produced in partnership with Salt Banka show where people from the industry will give their opinion on the evolution of Romanian football and answer the question: Is football a business or not?
«Football can be a business, but not in the sense in which we monetize it in money, actually, in accounts. If you tell a Chinese or a Frenchman that you are the patron of a football team and you are in eighth place, interest appears immediately. But with us, football has somehow been discredited, associated with picturesque figures that are not good for a healthy business. I believe that football must be managed and viewed as a product, not as a hobby.»
The guest of the last edition was Justin Stefanthe general secretary of the Professional Football League.