Prague requires a competition for the use and appearance of the Strahov stadium
In our opinion, the competition should concern both the large stadium owned by the city and the smaller stadiums of Evžen Rošický and Přátelství, which are owned by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR), as well as the neighboring CTU tracks. “Such a culturally relaxing sports area should be created there,” Hlaváček said.
Before the start of the coronavirus pandemic at the beginning of last year, he said, a student competition had already begun, which was to be in any way a prelude to the professional one. However, it was interrupted by the crisis, so now the city will announce the main competition straight away.
Strahov Stadium
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“Now it’s a bit delayed due to coronavirus, but I’d like to make it by the end of the term,” the deputy said. He added that the idea should then be followed by other specific competitions, which would be organized by individual owners, ie the city, CTU and FACR.
In recent years, there have been repeated speculations that the city could sell the Strahov stadium, because its necessary reconstruction will be very expensive. Hlaváček now again denied that the management of the municipality was thinking of such a thing. According to previous information in the media, groups Penta, J&T, CPI or Accolade, for example, are interested in buying part or all of the complex from one of the owners. New apartment buildings are already standing around the stadium, the place is popular for the company’s developers.
According to the management of the metropolis, the large stadium would have to continue to play sports, or even hold cultural events. According to earlier statements, the city considers that in the future it would place a permanent exposition of the Museum of Memory XX in the listed grandstands of the stadium. century, which was established the year before. The city also extended the tram line from Malovanka directly to the stadium. According to earlier statements, the FACR is considering that, according to Evžen Rošický’s stadium, a new modern stadium for football Sparta would be created.