One of the most beautiful cultural and sports centres in Hungary opened in Mélykút

A uniquely designed building serving the entire region was handed over in the town centre of Mélykút in Bács-Kiskun County on the morning of 14 May. Construction of a unique cultural and sports centre began in April 2022, close to the border, and the topping-out ceremony was held a year later, in April 2024. reported on the topping-out ceremony.

This spectacular project was designed by Horváth Építőmester Zrt. (HÉP) and R.E.D-Hungary Zrt. on behalf of the local government of Mélykút. During the implementation of the investment, the public procurement, technical inspection and project management tasks were performed by Építési és Közlekedési Minisztérium (ÉKM) .

The centre of Mélykút revived

The project was planned as part of the revitalisation of Mélykút town centre, and was first proposed by the local government in 2017. Construction work was carried out in the immediate vicinity of the former community centre.

At the beginning of the project, the buildings previously on the site were demolished and the finished facility was transformed into a 20×40 metre sports centre with a standard-sized arena, 300-seat mobile stands, changing rooms and other facilities. A sports field of 1,367 square metres was also constructed on the outside.

In the central part of the complex, there is a 216 square metre auditorium, a 314 square metre event hall with a 141 square metre auditorium and a 111 square metre theatre stage. The new centre will also include more than 110 new parking spaces for cars and two parking spaces for buses.

Sport and culture are inseparable

Sport and culture are inseparable and this connection is also expressed by the centre in Tiefkút, said State Secretary János Nagy on the occasion of the inauguration of the institution built with more than five billion forints of state support.

He said that sport and culture should be a priority everywhere, not only in Budapest but also in towns like Mélykút. According to a press release distributed on the spot, the facility in Tiefkút, built in just two years, is the largest cultural and sports investment in Hungary compared to other similar-sized settlements.

Tomás Kovács, Mayor of Mélykút said that the building, which is modern in all its elements, can serve the creative, entertaining, sporting and recreational people in a complex way.

He stressed that the building contains many symbols of the village, as the wavy line running along the façade represents water, the cane above it the reed, and the openwork floral motifs suggest the motifs of the women who used to live in the village in the old days.

Member of Parliament Gábor Bányai stressed that he hopes that more and more sports will find suitable conditions and training in the sports hall, and that regional sports events will fill the stands of the institution.

The new building, by filling its halls and spaces with public cultural content and life, wants to become a cultural and sports event space not only for Mélykút, but for the whole area

- he added.