The case in summary: • Vipers Kristiansand needs an estimated 3 million to guarantee continued operation at least until the summer of next year. • The club is in talks with local investors to raise the necessary funds. • Chairman Peter Gitmark will not name the investors, but confirms that they have the money they are expressing. • If the rescue operation is not successful, the team’s next match could be their last. • The club is also considering selling the naming rights to the club’s arena, Aquarama, in order to bring in part of the income.• Everything will be decided at a Vipers board meeting on Sunday. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Chairman Peter Gitmark begins Saturday by explaining the calculation as it stands after some investors have been checked out. VG writes that the club lacks 3 million now. – Yes, I think that is not too far from the truth, says Gitmark. – Is it 3 million with or without the new investors? – It will be in addition to. We are now in talks with local investors and are seeing how far it is possible to stretch it. We need an estimated 3 million in addition, he says. According to Gitmark, the club will then reach a level where it can guarantee continued operation at least until the summer of next year. Won’t name investors But, he won’t say who the local investors he puts his trust in are. – Some of the locals will know the club from before. And who will probably go in somewhat independently of each other, but at the same time help create what we hope and believe will be a critical minimum for the club. – Do they have the money that they express? – Yes, they want that. Those we are talking to now have it, says Gitmark. On Monday, the news came that the handball club Vipers needed 25 million by Friday this week, in order to survive. After a board meeting on Friday, the deadline for collecting money was postponed until Sunday. Here, Gitmark tells the press that the board of Vipers Kristiansand has decided that they will use the weekend to make a final decision about the club’s future. Investors in the stands On Saturday evening, Vipers Kristiansand play against Buducnost in the Champions League. The players have still not been paid for this month. If the rescue operation is not successful, it will probably be the team’s last match together. Gitmark knows that there will be investors in the audience with money. – If each individual can contribute a little, or if someone can contribute a little more, then it will have great value for the club. So yes, I have faith that gifts will come in around today’s match, he says. On Saturday morning, Gitmark is positive that the club can be saved. The players in Vipers should have been paid their salaries on Friday. The chairman confirms that they have not received it. Photo: Kjetil Samuelsen / news Selling the name of the pitch It may also be appropriate to sell the naming rights to the club’s home pitch in the building called Aquarama in order to bring in part of the income. – It does not mean Aquarama as a building, but it means the gaming arena. If there is anyone who believes that they can contribute in relation to a sponsorship or purchase of it, then it is something we are very interested in discussing. – What income can you get from it? – If we had managed to end up with between one and a half million, then it would have been a good deal, says Gitmark. Everything will basically be decided on Sunday. Then the Vipers board meets again. Published 19.10.2024, at 11.23 Updated 19.10.2024, at 11.26
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