Article by David Marinescu – Published Wednesday, March 18, 2026 10:30 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, March 18, 2026 10:33 p.m.
Dumitru Dragomir (79 years old), former president of the Professional Football League (LPF), revealed the amount he now pays monthly for electricity at the hotel he owns in Bucharest.
The Dragomir family owns the “Crystal Palace” hotel since 2003, and the energy bill exploded after the new price increases, in the context where the beginning of the year came with increases in taxes and utility prices.
Classified as four stars, the hotel is located in the Aviation area. The unit was built in 2003 and renovated in 2018.
Dumitru Dragomir was speechless when he saw the current bill: “It's like hell in Romania!”
Dumitru Dragomir warns of economic risks if the budget is not passed quickly. He is convinced that Romania will go through an unprecedented economic crisis if things do not stabilize.
“I heard Mr. Bolojan saying that some, populists, went with poverty, and others went with the rich, to make them richer. Or so. It's like hell in Romania at this time!
My opinion is that some and others are pricking themselves, because we have to have a budget. If he doesn't give a budget in a week, we will be unable to pay if we don't recover in 5-6 months”, said Dragomir, according to fanatik.ro.
After lifting the cap on energy prices, Dragomir said how much he paid for the electricity bill of the “Crystal Palace” hotel in Bucharest:
“I was paying around two billion old lei at the hotel (no – 200,000 lei) per month. Now I pay around five billion (500,000 lei)“.
The bill has increased by more than 100%, according to Dragomir, and at the moment he is paying around 100,000 euros.
The only thing we have to do is pray to God that this Trump will stop the wars, because it all depends on him. If the war in Ukraine and Iran ends, the world starts to live well again.
– Dumitru Dragomirthe former head of the LPF
