The Warsaw stadium will emerge instead of the market
Outliving 20 years as the greatest market in Warsaw, communist Decade Stadium prepares to become the main arena of Poland. Stadium opening is planned for June, 2011.
In due time arena on the Vistula shore got its name as it was built for the 10-th anniversary of communist regime rule. However after the falling of communist government the stadium turned into an enormous market which was considered to be the largest in Europe.
In April, 2008 after solving tough issue of market displacement with the vendors the proper authorities were charged with soil geological research while buy-out of the near-stadium territory procedure has been in progress.
On April, 9 vice-president of the National Sport Center Yanush Kubicky opened envelopes with price suggestions from the participants of construction bids.
The lowest construction cost - EUR 315 mln, was offered by international syndicate of Alpine Baum, which includes German, Austrian and Polish firms.
A new stadium has perfect dislocation- 12 km away from the airport and 4 km from the Warsaw downtown.
Arena’s territory occupies 18 hectares of City Park, total area of which makes 44 hectares, so there’s enough place for dislocating all the necessary UEFA zones.
The stadium will have 9 levels. The most striking designers’ idea is central part of arena cover which can be fully closed like a tent.
At the moment construction works at the site go ahead the schedule by 4 weeks.
Therefore Polish colleagues now speak with confidence of June 2011, when opening of the stadium for the first match of Euro-2012 is planned.