Pavelló 3 becomes summer shelter

Lleida city officials said on May 14 that Pavilion 3 at Fira de Lleida will reopen on June 2 as a summer shelter for people arriving to look for work in the fruit harvest. The plan restores a seasonal facility the city has used in recent campaigns and pairs it with a new municipal reception center in Caparrella. The fairground site will provide 100 overnight places, while the new center adds 32 beds, according to local media and city information. Officials said the network is intended to handle arrivals during the summer agricultural campaign and reduce pressure on emergency and social services. ### When does Pavilion 3 reopen, and how long will it run? June 2 is the planned opening date for the Pavilion 3 shelter, according to the Lleida city government’s agrarian campaign plan and local reporting on Thursday. The facility is scheduled to run through August 31, covering the core summer period when workers travel to the area for the fruit harvest. (segre.com) The Pavilion 3 site is set up as an overnight resource rather than permanent housing. The city said in last year’s operating plan that the shelter ran from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. and included showers, breakfast and dinner, luggage storage and self-service laundry; local reporting on this year’s plan describes the same fairground pavilion returning with 100 places. (paeria.cat) ### How many places are in the system this summer? The most visible figure in the 2026 plan is 100 places at Pavilion 3 for people who arrive in Lleida seeking work during the fruit campaign. Segre reported that those beds will be complemented by the new Centre d’Atenció a Temporers in Caparrella, which has capacity for 32 people. (paeria.cat) Segre also reported that the broader network includes a 40-place shelter for men in Seròs, 16 flats managed by the municipal urban agenda company EMAU that can house 90 people, and four emergency places at the Jericó shelter for vulnerable people. The city said separately that EMAU would make an additional 100 places available for agricultural workers with labor contracts. (segre.com) ### What is the new Caparrella center for? The Caparrella facility is a new modular reception center built as part of Lleida’s longer-term response to seasonal arrivals during the agricultural campaign. The center has 32 places and is located in the Caparrella area near Creu del Batlle, according to city and local media reports. (segre.com) Fèlix Larrosa, Lleida’s mayor, said in March that the center should be ready for the start of the agrarian campaign on June 1, although he said the works had faced some delay because of bad weather. The city had previously put the first phase budget at 539,000 euros. ### Who is the city trying to accommodate at Pavilion 3? (segre.com) People arriving without housing while searching for harvest work are the main users of Pavilion 3, according to the city’s campaign plan and local reports. The fairground shelter is presented as a first-stop overnight resource for people who come to Lleida during the fruit season and need basic services while they look for work or stabilize their situation. (segre.com) Workers who already have labor contracts are directed more toward other accommodation options. The city said EMAU housing is intended for agricultural workers with contracts, and one of those dwellings would be reserved for women. ### Why is Lleida keeping the fairground shelter in use? (segre.com) April 8 was the date when local reporting said Lleida had ruled out using the former hotel at the railway station as a temporary summer hostel after talks with Adif failed. That left the city maintaining Pavilion 3 at the fairground as the main seasonal shelter again this year. (paeria.cat) Carlos Enjuanes, Lleida’s deputy mayor and councillor for Social Action and Innovation, told the city’s information commission in 2025 that the reception system was being coordinated to cover basic needs during the agrarian campaign. Segre reported on Thursday that the 2026 plan is meant to complement the new Caparrella center and other housing resources during the fruit season. (eltriangle.eu) August 31 is the scheduled closing date for the Pavilion 3 shelter, while the Caparrella center is expected to be operating from the start of the campaign on or around June 1, according to city and local media reports. The next concrete milestone is the June 2 launch of the fairground shelter and the wider summer reception network in Lleida. (cope.es) (paeria.cat)