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Zagreb Mayor: Arena Construction Begins On July 20
By Nenad N. Bach | Published  07/13/2007 | Sports | Unrated
Arena to be future symbol of Zagreb
CONTEMPORARY SPORTS TEMPLE

Zagreb Mayor: Arena Construction Begins On July 20

Other than sports, Arena Zagreb will also host cultural, entertainment and business events.

"The building of Arena Zagreb will begin on July 20 in Laniste," announced Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic today, during the first presentation of the Arena Zagreb project at Dverce palace.

The future symbol of Zagreb, Arena Zagreb, is a joint project of the City, Croatian government, and companies Ingra and TriGranit. It will be a multi-function hall for sports, but also for cultural, entertainment and business events, and it will have 15,200 seats and, with telescopic stands, it will be able to hold up to 25,000 people.  

"Other than handball, the Arena will also serve a purpose for basketball, indoor football, boxing, athletics and many other sports, as well as for big concerts and congresses," pointed out architect Alan Leo Plestina, who is at the helm of the team of architects who worked on the project.  

The Arena will also contain accompanying catering services, business and commercial facilities, a small hall where athletes will train, and club and management facilities and dressing rooms.

Ingra chairman Igor Oppenheim said that he would try to have the "contemporary sports temple" completed within 15 months.

"We have a short deadline to build, but this is a challenge for us to which we will know how to respond," said Oppenheim, adding that the total worth of Arena Zagreb was 87 million euros.    

The City and the government will pay the annual lease of Arena Zagreb in the amount of 7.5 million euros.

When the press asked Bandic about the accompanying communal infrastructure which will be built and financed by the City of Zagreb, Bandic replied that, other than access roads and leveling a rotary on three levels, the City would also realize bigger projects in the vicinity, such as the new Remiza (city district), Terme Zagreb, as well as complete the University Hospital in Blato.  

Bandic sent a special message to Croatian handball players, without whose success Croatia and Zagreb would not have gotten the chance to host the World Handball Championship in 2009, and he announced the building of a Croatian handball hall in Svetice for 5,000 visitors.

Source: http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=61339



RUKOMET: PREDSTAVLJENA "ARENA ZAGREB"

11.07.2007

Gradnja Arene Zagreb počet će 20. srpnja na Laništu, najavio je danas zagrebački gradonačelnik Milan Bandić prilikom prvog predstavljanja Arene, budućeg simbola Zagreba i zajedničkog projekta Grada, Vlade i tvrtki Ingra i TriGranit u zagrebačkoj palači Dverce.

Arhitekt Alan Leo Pleština, koji predvodi tim arhitekata iz tvrtke UPI-2M, istaknuo je da će to biti višenamjenska dvorana za sportska, ali i kulturna, zabavna i poslovna događanja, s kapacitetom od 15.200 sjedećih mjesta, a uključujući teleskopske tribine moći će primiti i do 25.000 posjetitelja.

Arena će, osim za rukomet, biti namijenjena i za košarku, mali nogomet, boks, atletiku te brojne druge sportove, velike koncerte i kongrese.

Arena će imati i popratne ugostiteljske i poslovno-komercijalne sadržaje, malu dvoranu za treninge sportaša te prostorije za klubove i upravu i garderobe.

Parkirališno-garažni prostor u Areni primat će 926 automobila, a 38 mjesta bit će rezervirano za autobuse, rekao je Pleština i dodao da će prometnoj protočnosti doprinijeti denivelirano raskrižje na Laništu.

Predsjednik uprave Ingre Igor Oppenheim rekao je kako će nastojati da za 15 mjeseci suvremeni sportski hram bude dovršen.

Imamo kratak rok za gradnju, ali to nam je izazov na kojeg ćemo znati odgovoriti, rekao je Oppenheim i dodao da je ukupna vrijednost Arene Zagreb 87 milijuna eura.

Izvršni direktor TriGranita Lorant Kibedi Varga napomenuo je da je ta tvrtka odlučila 10 posto od svog razvojnog portfelja od osam milijardi eura investirati u u projekte, prije svega u Arenu Zagreb, od čega će, navodi, i Grad Zagreb imati dugotrajnu korist.

Grad i Vlada će po ugovoru u omjeru pola-pola plaćati godišnji najam Arene Zagreb od 7,5 milijuna eura, naveo je Milan Bandić.

Na novinarski upit o popratnoj komunalnoj infrastrukturi koju će graditi i financirati Grad Zagreb, Bandić je odgovorio da će, osim prilaznih prometnica i denivelacije rotora na tri razine, Grad u okolici realizirati i veće projekte, poput nove Remize, Termi Zagreb, kao i dovršetak Sveučilišne bolnice u Blatu.

Ondje će biti izgrađen i novi trgovački centar, a Oppenheim je najavio da će s početkom Svjetskog rukometnog prvenstva 2009. godine biti dovršen prvi dio tog centra.

Zahvalivši predstavnicima Vlade, investitora i graditelja, Bandić je posebnu poruku uputio i hrvatskim rukometašima, bez čijeg uspjeha Hrvatska i Zagreb ne bi ni mogli biti domaćini Svjetskog rukometnog prvenstva 2009. godine te je najavio gradnju Hrvatskog rukometnog doma na Sveticama za 5.000 posjetitelja.

Izvor: http://sport.hrt.hr/htvsport/Opsirno.asp?dan=/2007/07/11/011.xml

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