The government promises that the Budapest athletics stadium will not become more expensive
It is quite a familiar phenomenon in Hungary that in the case of sports facilities, the initially calculated costs creep higher and higher, until in the end it costs many times the original price. However, if the cabinet is to be believed, there may be an exception.
“This cost level should be forgiving”
“Essentially, the construction of the structure has taken place, and there are those works that are done with raw materials that have already been purchased, so we think that this cost level should be appropriate,” he wrote during a tour of the newly built press athletics stadium. speaking to RTL Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Construction and Investment. You can access the latest news from BudaPestkörnyeke.hu by clicking here!
Constant costs
The channel asked Nándor Cseperghy questions regarding the fact that the installation costs had been rising for a week. So far, the stadium has cost Hungarian taxpayers 238 billion 56 million 556 thousand 63 forints, to which 35 billion forints were added recently.
The government is justified by market processes
“Build someone, a house, or any apartment. On the one hand, the rise in prices resulting from inflation and sanctioned inflation, and the maintenance of the resulting costs in the construction industry, as well as the maintenance of those costs, make it necessary for the government to undertake an additional cost in the construction of the athletics hall and the athletics stadium,” explained the state secretary. .
After the World Cup, the Ministry of Defense will be the operator
After the World Athletics Championships to be held in August 2023, the operation will be taken over by a company of the Ministry of National Defense, and all other state sports facilities will also be transferred there.
They prioritized sustainability
The project director of the executing company spoke, they strived for sustainability, they only use geothermal energy instead of gas. “This means 210 soil probes, which ensure the heating and cooling of the building, so in a self-sufficient system, it can provide services to the house in a relatively energy-efficient manner,” explained the project director of ZÁÉV Építőipari Zrt., Péter Schriffert
It will also be possible to utilize the area of the mobile stands
It was stated in the compilation that the organizers promise that after the nine-day World Cup, the Hungarian athletes will be able to take possession of the stadium, and the areas where there are currently mobile stands will be used as a community space, even on a market basis.
A monumental work
The stadium itself has amazing parameters. The construction of the current roof structure has just reached the 35-meter mark. A total of 5,500 tons of reinforcing steel and 53,000 tons of concrete were installed. The 18,000-tonne roof cable runs a total of 12 km long. This structure is so strong that it could support up to 36 trucks.
The construction started with an explosion
It may sound surprising, but in order for the works to start, it had to be demolished first. Namely, the former Vituki headquarters had to be removed. This happened at the end of 2020. You can access the latest news from BudaPestkörnyeke.hu by clicking here!
The dangerous operation was spectacular
(in our opening image, the visual design of the athletics stadium. Source: Facebook)