“The construction will be handed over next Thursday. The future landlord adds technology under the ice rink, which required a longer installation,” said Gemo project manager Petr Kráčmar.
The arena worth about two billion crowns will be full of modern technologies, one of the gadgets will be the foil or thin LED panels under the center circle.
The technicians have already tried cooling and ice production to adjust the cushions. “They will start to freeze again on Monday, the lines should be ready by Thursday,” Kráčmar outlined.
The construction is currently around 150 people. “We mainly do cleaning work, remove minor defects and backlogs. The outdoor spaces are also being completed in connection with the park,” the manager said.
Photo: Horácká multifunctional arena
The Horácká arena built according to the design of the Nušík+Krištof studio, becomes a new dominant feature of Jihlava. It also includes a corner building with a hotel, gym or beer.
The whole building is supervised by councilors and architect David Beke (ODS). “The term is stretched from the very beginning, it is not new. But the date of the first hockey match is still true, we are discussing the form of the first events and how we put the hall into operation,” he added. The weekly delay was solved on Thursday by Jihlava councilors.
According to the original plan, the city with the arena operator had two weeks to tune the most important things before the first planned event, which is to be 25th October match Dukla against Zlín in Max League, the first after three seasons in Pelhřimov’s Azyl.
“The fact that the contractor will hand over the construction a few days later is not decisive for us,” confirmed Dukla director Bedřich Ščerban. Meanwhile, the club only sells seasonal pass, has not yet launched sales for individual matches. Jihlava hockey players have only played only at the opponents’ stadiums this season.
The official opening of the Jihlava building of the century is then scheduled for 8 November. The Czech Slavice Ewa Farna, as well as a number of artists connected with the regional city, including Pio Squad and XIII, will perform. century. The main role, however, is to play the arena itself, and the program will be transmitted to the outdoor large -scale screen.
Photo: Jiří Bárta, News
After the construction of the building to the city, the arena will be in trial operation for a year.
The event will gradually increase. On December 18, the organizers of the Christmas concert are being prepared by Michal David, on January 3. The musical on the ice of Cinderella. And 1 March will be replaced by hockey players basketball players, the Czech national team will play the match of the World Cup qualification against Slovenia.
The arena has a capacity of up to 5,581 spectators for sports matches after refining data, 7,416 seats for concerts. For example, the LED cushions around the perimeter of the ice surface will be unique. The neighboring corner building also includes accommodation with 29 rooms, fitcentrum and gym, and an outdoor running oval was created on the roof. The whole arena includes eight gastro operations, a pub and a café with a children’s corner.
The construction began after years of discussions and preparations by the demolition of the legendary winter stadium 1. The city invested approximately two billion with the support of the region and the National Sports Agency. It is the first such arena in the Czech Republic since the opening of the Třinec Werk Arena in 2014.
