Billionaire Eurnekian Vows Maradona Statue at Argentina Airport

Eduardo Eurnekian founded global airport operating business
Maradona died this week of heart failure, days after a surgery

People wait in line to pay tribute to Diego Maradona, outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, on Nov. 26. — People wait in line to pay tribute to Diego Maradona, outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, on Nov. 26.
Photographer: Pablo E. Piovano/Bloomberg

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By Carolina Millan

November 27, 2020 at 7:51 PM UTC

Updated on

November 27, 2020 at 8:46 PM UTC

Argentine billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian is preparing to fulfill an old promise to the late soccer icon Diego Maradona by erecting a statue of the late player at the country’s main airport.

Eurnekian, founder of Corporacion America Airports and one of the country’s top businessmen, announced the plan in a note of condolences published in newspaper La Nacion on Friday.