Bozsik József Stadium

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Bozsik József Stadium
The old Bozsik József Stadium in September 2011
The old Bozsik József Stadium in September 2011
Earlier names

Szent Imre herceg útjai Stadium (1946–1986)

Data
place Puskás Ferenc Street 1-3 Kispest , Budapest , Hungary
HungaryHungary
Coordinates 47 ° 26 '32.9 "  N , 19 ° 9' 18.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '32.9 "  N , 19 ° 9' 18.4"  E
owner Magyar Futball Akadémia Kft
start of building March 21, 2019 (new building)
opening January 2, 1938
end of summer 2020 (planned)
First game February 12, 1939
Kispest FC - Nemzeti SK 1: 2
Renovations 1945–1947, 1955, 1967, 1990, 2006, 2019–2020 (planned)
demolition 2019
surface Natural grass
costs 17.1 billion HUF (around 48.3 million euros , 2019-2020, planned)
capacity 8,200 seats (after the new building)
9,500 seats (in front of the new building)
playing area 105 × 68 m
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Events

The Bozsik-József Stadium is a football stadium under renovation in the XIX century. City district ( Kispest ) of the Hungarian capital Budapest . The facility on Puskás Ferenc Street is the sporting home of the Honvéd Budapest football club . Until the start of the renovation, it offered space for 9500 spectators. The owner is Magyar Futball Akadémia Kft.

history

The first stadium was built on the current site in 1913. The facility was nicknamed the Dragon Cave by the opposing teams . In 1927 a renovation took place. Eight years later, a fire destroyed the venue. It was rebuilt and opened on January 2, 1938. The first game took place on February 12, 1939 between Kispest FC and Nemzeti SK (1: 2). The sports facility was named after József Bozsik in October 1986 . Alongside Ferenc Puskás, he was one of the most famous Honvéd players and was part of Hungary's legendary Golden Elf from the early to mid- 1950s . Previously it was called Szent Imre herceg útjai Stadion from 1946 . The attendance record dates back to 1957, when 30,000 spectators followed the match between Honvéd and Tatabánya.

New building

In the mid-2010s, the Hungarian state started a national sports facility renovation program. After the Budapest football arenas Groupama Aréna ( Ferencváros ) and the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium ( MTK ) had already benefited from the program, Honvéd's 80-year-old home should also be renovated. As early as 2014, the Óbuda Group presented a design for a new arcade with 8,200 seats for 11.9 billion HUF (around 36.8 million euros ).

It took until the end of 2018 for the construction project to be dry . The contracts were signed in December of that year. The joint venture of Pharos 95 and West Hungaria Bau was awarded the contract to build the new Bozsik Stadium with a financial volume of HUF 11.799 billion (around EUR 36.5 million). The start of work was planned for the beginning of 2019. Completion is scheduled for the end of 2020. The simple stadium construction with a floor area of ​​10,000 m² and a total area of ​​70,000 m² should nevertheless achieve UEFA stadium category 4 in order to be able to host national and international matches, including a semi-final in the UEFA Champions League . For this, the football arena needs a capacity of at least 8,000 spectators. In view of the average attendance of 2510 visitors per game in the 2017/18 season , this sounds like a lot, but it gives Honvéd the opportunity to grow with higher income in the modern venue. 438 new parking spaces are to be created around the stadium. Around 1,300 precast concrete parts will be installed. In addition, there are 670 tons of structural steel and 2,700 m 3 of concrete . During the construction work, Honvéd Budapest will be based in the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium of MTK Budapest FC. From 2014 to 2016, the MTK played again in the Bozsik Stadium as an alternative location for the time of the new building.

In February 2019, the demolition work began on Honvéd's old home . The day of the laying of the foundation stone was March 21, 2019. The ceremony was held in the presence of Tünde Szabó, the State Secretary for Sport, and George F. Hemingway, the then owner of Honvéd Budapest. In April 2020 the project received a grant of one billion HUF. In July of that year, a further HUF 6.6 billion was received from a state program of HUF 191.2 billion (EUR 540 million) to mitigate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic . The cost of the construction is now 17.1 billion HUF (48.3 million euros), 350 percent higher than the five billion HUF originally planned for 2013/14. This is a lot compared to the other, much larger, new stadiums built in Hungary in recent years. The Groupama Aréna with 23,700 seats cost HUF 14.7 billion (EUR 48 million), the Nagyerdei Stadium in Debrecen with 20,340 seats cost HUF 12.5 billion (EUR 41 million). The new Bozsik József Stadium is scheduled to be completed by the end of summer 2020 and will be the third UEFA Category 4 stadium in Budapest.

gallery

  • Road sign (September 2011)

  • Ticket office with board of admission prices (September 2011)

  • Aerial photo of the facility (September 2011)

Web links

Commons : Bozsik József Stadion  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bozsik József Stadium. In: stadiumdb.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Hungary: Billions for new stadiums in 2015. In: stadiumdb.com. nepszava.hu, January 12, 2015, accessed June 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Bozsik Stadium. In: stadiumdb.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
  4. ^ Budapest: Honvéd to also have a new stadium. In: stadiumdb.com. December 28, 2018, accessed June 17, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Letették az új Bozsik Stadion alapkövét. In: kispest.hu. March 21, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 (Hungarian).
  6. ↑ Budapest: Honved stadium subsidized with funding for COVID-19 mitigation. In: stadiumdb.com. July 10, 2020, accessed on July 17, 2020 .