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Demolition of the old arena, construction of a new stadium with almost 10,000 seats in Brasov, Transylvania

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2025. 03. 26. 09:29
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The project, expected to cost more than €30 million, will take 2 years to complete after the contract is signed.
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A significant step has been taken in the process of preparing for the construction of the new stadium in Brașov: the public procurement procedure offering the right to design and build the stadium has recently been completed, with five groups of companies submitting bids, according to kronikaonline.ro reports on the planned development in the Romanian city. They mention that MIS Group, which is currently working on the city's sports hall, is among the interested parties, as is the consortium led by Bog’Art (the latter company has already proven itself in airport construction in Brașov).

5 months for design, 19 months for construction after contract signature

The new Youth Stadium will be built for 164 million lei (or €33 million, around 13.2 billion forints at the mid-market exchange rate), largely from state budget funds, over two years from the date of the contract: the winner will have 5 months for design and 19 months for construction. The current bid will provide a net amount of 109 million lei from the budget of the National Investment Company (CNI).

„We have fulfilled all the conditions for the demolition and reconstruction of the Youth Stadium. We would like this stadium to be completed within the next three years,” ," the newspaper quotes statement by Dan Ghiță, deputy mayor of Brașov, who outlined the background to the construction project in his speech.

As he pointed out, the demolition of the formerly used stadium, also named after Silviu Ploeșteanu, which was taken over by the city after the former bankruptcy trustee of Brasov FC lost the case over the ownership of the facility in 2019, could soon begin.

From glorious opportunity to a blot on the club's history

The old stadium served the city for almost 90 years, originally named after the Romanian King Charles II when it was inaugurated in 1937. The old arena, which also once had a capacity of over 10,000, could now, thanks to the iron grip of time, only hold 8,800 people if it could be used for matches.

The old stadium (Wikipedia)

Among the many chapters in its history, the journalist from kronikaonline.ro also draws attention to a controversial episode: in 2001, FC Brasov reached the UEFA Cup, where they were pitted against Internazionale Milano.

After a 3-0 paper defeat away from home, the fans were eagerly awaiting the return leg, but the owner raised ticket prices so much that the stadium was not even a quarter full.

In the end, Ioan Neculaie opened the floodgates at half-time to his shame, but even so, few people came to watch Inter's team of Toldo, Zanetti, Seedorf and last but not least Ronaldo himself (who again put three goals into the Brasov net, making the final score 6-0).

They are not in the top flight, but they get a new stadium

Against this backdrop, it is not necessarily surprising that the city in the south of Transylvania does not have a first-class team, like several other Transylvanian cities that are expected to add new stadiums in the coming years - Timisoara, Oradea, Beszterce and Vajdahunyad.

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