Empire Rising: Spain

The economic boost from nearly ten thousand spectators will increase several times compared to now. With the annual bullfighting competitions, Madrid’s economic development will be propelled into a fast lane, achieving a rapid takeoff in a short time.

After watching two bullfighting matches, Carlo no longer went to Lereta Square to watch.

It’s not that Carlo is not interested in bullfighting, but every time Carlo’s visit affects the ordinary audience’s schedule to watch the bullfighting.

To ensure Carlo’s safety, when Carlo watches a bullfighting match, the guards will cordon off Lereta Square, allowing only a small number of spectators who have been searched and inspected to enter.

One or two times, the public might not have any complaints, but if the visits increase, people will surely have other thoughts.

This is partly because Lereta Square was not designed with the consideration of Royal Family members coming to watch personally.

In theory, when constructing such large bullrings, they typically build several private box-like places, separated from the ordinary seating.

This not only ensures privacy and security within the box but also doesn’t affect the ordinary audience watching the bullfights.

The existence of these boxes is prepared for more distinguished guests. Of course, ordinary spectators can also buy tickets for the boxes, but the prices are generally expensive and require certain qualifications, not everyone can purchase them.

Carlo had long considered this point.

The large bullring constructed by the Royal Family in the outskirts of Madrid will accommodate nearly ten thousand spectators, including ten boxes of various sizes.

The largest of these boxes can accommodate over 20 spectators, while the smallest can hold over 5, with their own exclusive access, not needing to use the ordinary audience paths.

This is the place Carlo specially designed for himself, his family, and the nobles to watch bullfighting. Capitalists can also buy tickets to enter the boxes to watch, but the ticket prices are quite expensive, which is also a source of income for the bullring.

Since the Royal Family funded the construction of this large bullring, the ownership naturally belongs to the Royal Family.

Carlo certainly cannot profit too much from the public, so the money-making direction can only be on things like boxes and some services provided by the bullring.

After all, being able to accommodate nearly ten thousand people, the bullring also has places selling food and drinks inside, as well as large toilets distributed at various places within the bullring.

Although Carlo did not expect the bullring to quickly pay back its costs after construction, he wouldn’t mind making money from capitalists and nobles.

After watching two bullfights, Carlo never showed up again, but this did not hinder Spaniards’ enthusiasm for watching bullfights.

With the national bullfighting competition held for several months, bullfighting has formed an unstoppable craze in Spain. The outstanding bullfighters from each region became the bright stars of their respective areas, garnering cheers and support from the public.

It’s worth mentioning that with Carlo hosting the national bullfighting championship, a wave of excitement has also formed among the nobility.

Most nobles are just keen to watch bullfighting, but a few choose to join directly, becoming brave and fearless bullfighters.

Although bullfighting is fraught with danger and a slight mishap could result in losing one’s life under the horns of a wild bull.

This not only does not hinder Spaniards’ love for bullfighting but also piques more curiosity and attention towards this national competition.

According to the Royal Family’s statistics on bullfighting competitions in various regions, in the first two months of official bullfighting activities, over 1.5 million bullfighting tickets were sold across all regions.

Although this is just the number of tickets sold and does not mean that 1.5 million people watched the bullfighting, it proves one thing—that is, Spaniards’ focus on bullfighting has reached a very high level.

Considering the size of bullrings in each region, apart from Andalusia and the Madrid Region having relatively large bullrings, other regions only have medium-sized bullrings with a capacity of one to two thousand spectators.

Furthermore, since not every day features bullfighting, selling over 1.5 million tickets in less than two months is already quite an impressive figure.

Depending on the seats, the bullfighting ticket prices also vary.

Take the ticket sales at Madrid’s Lereta Square as an example, the tickets at the farthest ends are the cheapest, with an average price of not exceeding 10 cents, that is, 0.1 Pesseta.

And the tickets in the best viewing areas are several times the price of those farthest seats, with the most expensive even reaching the high price of 1.25 Pessetas.

Although the current per capita income in Spain has increased to over 131 Pessetas, a 1.25 Pesseta ticket is still equivalent to an ordinary person’s three days’ work income, and the vast majority of commoners would not spend such a large amount of money on a bullfighting match.

Those who actually purchase these better viewing position tickets are mostly the middle class or even capitalists and nobles.

In fact, the price of 1.25 Pessetas is not expensive in itself; even ordinary middle-class individuals do not need to feel distressed, let alone the more wealthy capitalists and nobles.

The ticket price for bullfighting matches is constantly changing. There are many factors that affect the ticket price, the main ones being the fame of the bullfighters participating in the match and the ferocity of the bulls prepared by the bullring.

The more ferocious the bull, the more exciting the bullfighting match is likely to be. Well-known bullfighters can also attract more audience to come watch the match, after all, these bullfighters only have one way to attract attention, and that is by delivering more thrilling bullfighting matches to garner audience pursuit and attention.

These two points are factors that determine the excitement level of a bullfighting match, which is why they can influence the ticket price for bullfighting matches.

Although this match is hosted by Carlo, it is actually a collaboration with bullrings in various regions of Spain. The bullring owned by Carlo is not yet completed, and when it is, it will only host the second round of finals in the large bullring.

Collaborating with these existing bullrings in various regions helps conduct the bullfighting matches quickly and promotes better development of bullfighting activities in the regions of Spain.

If relying solely on the Royal Family to promote it, it would take longer and require more financial investment. Without other capital’s involvement, rapid development would not be easy.

Although this approach means giving up a portion of the profits to the bullrings in various regions, there is actually no loss for Carlo.

The money these bullrings earn will also partly turn into taxes, handed over to the government, increasing government revenue.

The money they earn will also be used for the promotion of bullfighting matches and the expansion of bullrings, helping bullfighting competitions in Spain undergo a new round of promotion.

In addition, the influence of the newspaper owned by Carlo contributes to the bullfighting event being quickly welcomed by most Spaniards and achieving great success.

Since the bullfighting competition has already achieved initial success, the next steps are straightforward—greater efforts to promote the ongoing bullfighting matches and trying to expand the bullrings in various regions to ensure they can accommodate more spectators.

The more spectators watch the bullfighting matches, the more income it will bring to the bullring and the Royal Family.

Currently, the bullrings in each region have a capacity of around 1,000 to 2,000 people. This scale is too small to handle the public’s passion for watching bullfighting.

Even in Madrid, with a bullring capacity of 3,500, there are still people who are unable to buy tickets.

This is not only because of the relatively low ticket prices for bullfighting matches but also because the bullrings in various regions simply cannot accommodate more spectators, causing most Spaniards to only watch the corresponding bullfighting match information in the news, not being able to witness it with their own eyes.

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