The Municipality of Venice has approved the project proposals and declared them to be in the public interest for the concession of the Bosco dello Sport facilities.

In the final week of June, the project proposals for the concessions relating to the Bosco dello Sport sports facilities were officially presented to the City Council.

On 10 July 2025, the Municipality of Venice formally recognized the public interest of the plans submitted, including the one relating to the Arena, thereby enabling the launch of the second phase of the project finance procedure, which will lead to the identification of the concessionaires.

Among the approved projects is the proposal for the management of the Arena in Tessera, submitted by Bestmind on behalf of S.S.D. Reyer Venezia Mestre S.p.A., the promoter of the initiative. The proposal, which had already been presented before the City Council on 26 June by Eng. Wilmer Berton, Founder and Managing Director of Bestmind, has been confirmed as aligned with the Administration’s strategic objectives.

Bestmind: the technical and management lead behind the Arena proposal

Bestmind oversaw the formal submission of the concession proposal on behalf of Reyer, coordinating all project, operational, financial, legal and administrative components. The work included:

· the preparation of the Arena’s forty-year operational and functional management plan;

· the definition of technical and technological improvements to the project used as the basis for the tender;

· the preparation of the certified Economic and Financial Plan;

· the drafting of the concession agreement template.

The approval by the City Council formally confirms the public interest of the proposal and allows it to be incorporated into the Municipality of Venice’s planning instruments, thus opening the way to the second phase of the project finance procedure: the tender for the selection of the concessionaire.

“We supported Reyer in developing a solid, transparent proposal aligned with the city’s objectives: sport, culture, inclusion and social impact. For us at Bestmind, presenting the forty-year concession project — one that will have a concrete impact on the social fabric — is an important achievement.”

Wilmer Berton, Founder and Managing Director, Bestmind

Towards the tender: room for enhanced proposals

Following the Council’s approval, the plan now enters the municipal planning framework and may proceed to tender, during which participants will submit their own enhanced proposals.

In the next phase, participants will be required to submit technical and financial offers that improve upon the tender base, in compliance with the principles established by the City Council and the Municipal Executive: social inclusion, openness to the local community, sustainability, and the public function of sport. The total value of the proposed improvements must be equal to or greater than that set out in the approved proposals.

A concrete vision for the city’s future

With the approval of the proposal submitted by Bestmind on behalf of Reyer, the intention to develop a modern, multifunctional sports and cultural infrastructure, fully integrated into Venice’s urban fabric, has been reaffirmed.

A place designed to be lived every day, capable of generating lasting value for the community.