we play sports,
we build history.
“WHEN THE DOORS OF A STADIUM ARE OPENED, YOU CAN SEE IN PEOPLE’S EYES THAT SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENS. NOT ONLY THEY COME TO WATCH A SOCCER GAME, BUT TO LIVE AN EXPERIENCE AND TO BE PART OF THAT HISTORY.”
— Rafael Tinoco Kipps
VALUES AND PRINCIPLES
Integrity, justice and respect
The key to successful management is putting into practice a legacy of family values. We believe that a job well done transcends over time and the bad is judged by history.
CEO & FOUNDER
Rafael Tinoco kipps
At the age of 19 Rafael Tinoco Kipps started his first business: a sports complex with 5 Football fields and two Volleyball courts that soon became 16 sports complexes dedicated to different sports, Gyms, Shopping Centers and Apartment Buildings in Central America. At the age of 27 he built his first “Stadium” to organize the CONCACAF FUTSAL QUALIFIER in 1996.
OUR COMMITMENT
Supporting the
Winners of the future
We bet on the transformation of the most violent and less privileged sectors of the region, through discipline and values granted by sports.
Villas de los niños
orphan school
We built and donated two soccer fields for 1,200 Guatemalan children. The Children’s Village takes in abandoned children and children from low-income families. In addition to academic education, they are taught the value of hard work, discipline, honesty and other moral and spiritual values so that they can achieve a higher lifestyle for their own benefit, their families and their community.
Free summer
soccer program
Santa Catarina Pinula (Guatemala)
We manage vacation courses to encourage the practice of soccer among the children of the communities. We believe that the development of children is better when there is a ball and a good coach willing to teach them to work as a team.
carmelitas de
la enseñanza
We built and donated a small soccer field for the children of this school. The Carmelitas de la Enseñanza support families with social, economic, labor, ethnic and cultural vulnerability.
FOOTBALL ACADEMY PROGRAM FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
San Juan Sacatepéquez (Guatemala)
Free 3 month vacation course for underage children.
focusing on
the future
For the first time in history, the world will experience a huge number of sporting events simultaneously: Olympic games, Gold Cup, Euro, Copa América and World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers.
The 2020 pandemic affected the delivery of all sporting activities & events around the world, having to postpone to 2021 – 2022, forcing us to implement new efficient and safe ways to manage sporting events.
No other company understands sports in Central America as SPO does, and we are looking forward and closely following the FIFA World Cup 2026 to be organized in the United States, Canada and Mexico with the expansion of 48 teams. The World Cup comes back to CONCACAF after 32 years and all those interested should start getting ready.
We will be focusing on the activities of the 7 Central American countries and we will get the attention of the 10 million Central American immigrants living in the USA.