The building permit for the planned Multifunkční hokejová aréna Pardubice (Multifunctional Hockey Arena Pardubice) in Pardubice has become final. According to the investor, the D+D Group of businessman Petr Dědek, the project can move on to the next phase.[1][2] Dědek is also the majority owner of the ice hockey club HC Dynamo Pardubice.[1]
Schedule
Earthworks connected with the remediation of a municipal waste landfill are continuing at the site of the future complex. Construction of the arena is to begin in December with pile driving, and completion of the whole complex is planned for autumn 2030.[1][2] According to the investor, preparation of the project cost approximately one billion crowns.[1][2] Dědek said that more than three years had passed from the first idea through the change of the zoning plan.[1]
Layout of the complex
The main eleven-storey arena is to hold 22,268 spectators at ice hockey matches and up to 25 thousand visitors at concerts. Next to it a smaller arena is to be built for 1,700 spectators at ice hockey and up to 3,000 at cultural events.[1][2] The complex is also to include offices, restaurants, retail space, a fan shop and a four-star superior hotel with 500 beds, a wellness area, a swimming pool and a conference centre for up to a thousand people. A parking garage is to offer more than 2,000 spaces and about a thousand more cars are to park beneath the main arena.[1][2] The architectural design was prepared by the studio OV Architekti, which emerged from an architectural competition.[2]
Reservations and agreements with the city
According to Deník, the negotiations about the hall provoked several controversies at meetings of the Pardubice city councillors. Experts have reservations about the transport connection of the site. According to the same source, the city negotiated that it would not take part in the remediation of the landfill or contribute to the operation of the hall. The planning agreement sets penalties for the investor in the range of hundreds of thousands of crowns, which opposition councillor Vít Ulrych (KDU-ČSL) described as symbolic.[2]
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Chronology
- — Construction of a new ice hockey arena in Pardubice is due to begin in December 2026. ČTK / České noviny Deník: Pardubický kraj