They were forged in the demands of competition, and today they come together again to create a legacy. Manu Ginóbili, Juan Sebastián Verón, Juan “Pico” Mónaco, Juan Ignacio “Pepe” Sánchez, Mariano Zabaleta and Darío Sala are leading, together with Argentine businessmen, an unprecedented project: the Sports Performance Hub (SPH), an ecosystem that will unite sport, education, health and community in one place.
“The group was born because we share the same view on education and the future.”either. Athletes still today must decide between studying and training, and we wanted to put all our experience at the service of the new generations,” Ginobili explained. “It is the first time that a group of outstanding athletes have come together to create something big, ambitious and with purpose.”
The SPH will be built on more than 40 hectares in Miami, with a private investment of 280 million dollars. It will include soccer, basketball, tennis and American football academies, a boarding school, student residences, a medical and applied neuroscience center, and a multipurpose stadium for 10,000 people, where Miami FC will play.
“This project has a huge impact not only on the sport, but also on the community around it. We want SPH to be a meeting point, an engine that drives opportunities and development in the place where we live,” said Pico Mónaco. For Verón, “SPH is the place we would have wanted to have when we dreamed of being professional athletes. It’s not just about infrastructure; it’s a legacy.”
The initiative, designed by Darío Sala, also has businessmen such as Gastón Remy, Emiliano Fernández Balagué and Riccardo Silva, who contribute capital and global knowledge. “From the beginning we wanted SPH to be much more than a sports complex. We wanted it to be a model of sustainable and inclusive growth,” Sala summarized.
“SPH is not an individual project, it is a collective dream that will leave its mark on sports and education,” concluded Pepe Sánchez.
