At the beginning of October 2022, the new arena can accommodate over 21,000 fans and is packed with Szczecin fans at each match. The new house of Pogoń cost PLN 364 million. In the near future, more Polish clubs will see new facilities. This should also translate into attendance.
New stadiums in the Ekstraklasa, but with a delay. Wisla Plock and Radomiak Radom
In 2016, the construction of the Radomiak Radom stadium, which then played in the second league, began. Originally, the facility was supposed to be completed a few years ago, but the deadline was postponed several times due to problems between the city and the contractor. Currently, the roofing is being installed and it is estimated that the work will be completed by the end of May. According to information from two months ago, the investment cost about PLN 226 million. Ultimately, the facility is to accommodate about 15,000 people. Interestingly, in the autumn works related to the construction of the club’s training center in Koniówka also started.
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This year, works on the reconstruction of the Wisła Płock stadium are also to be completed. They started in 2020 and the renovated stadium is expected to accommodate about 15,000 fans. During the construction works Wisła was still playing on this facility, therefore the reconstruction was divided into several stages. First, three stands were demolished, and the fans sat in the fourth stand, which remained, and then the fans were moved to new stands, and that one was demolished. Originally, the work was supposed to be completed in November, but for unknown reasons it was delayed. – We are still waiting for a specific date when the MirBud company will leave the construction site and acceptance will begin – the president of Wisła, Tomasz Marzec, recently said, quoted by .
The construction of the facility in Zabrze will also be completed soon. .
1st league. New stadiums coming soon. Zagłębie Sosnowiec received permission to use the stadium, next year the facilities in Opole and Katowice
On February 10, the city of Sosnowiec received an official permission to use the newly built facilities, including the first-league stadium of Zagłębie. New . Zagłębie will play its first league match in its new “home” on February 25.
New facilities will also be added to Sandecja Nowy Sącz, Odra Opole and GKS Katowice. Sandecja, which plays on the pitch of Puszcza Niepołomice in the current games, is to gain a new facility later this year. The construction started in 2021 and the stadium is intended to accommodate 8,000 fans, and the cost of the investment is estimated at around PLN 50 million.
In Opole and Katowice, the players are to move to new stadiums in 2024. Both investments started in 2021 and are progressing as planned. The facility in Opole will eventually accommodate 11,600 fans, and in Katowice, nearly 15,000 spectators will be able to sit in the stands. As for the amounts, it is expected that the stadium in Opole will cost about PLN 208 million, and the new facility of GKS Katowice – PLN 205 million.
New stadiums in Poland:
- Wisla Plock – capacity: 15,000, expected full opening: mid-2023
- Radom – capacity: 15,000, expected full opening: mid-2023
- Gornik Zabrze – capacity: 31,871, expected total opening: unknown
- Zaglebie Sosnowiec – capacity: 11,600, expected opening: February 25, 2023
- Sandecja Nowy Sacz – capacity: 8,000, expected opening: mid-2023
- Odra Opole – capacity: 11,600, expected opening: 2024
- Katowice – capacity: 15,000, expected opening: 2024
Source: Sport.PL
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