[Hungary] Sport Projects

[ban Bank]

Alfréd Hajós-Tamás Széchy Swimming Complex
(Budapest, Margaret Island - National Swimming and Water Polo Olympic Centre)

New Swimming Complex to Host European Championships
The Alfréd Hajós swimming complex has been regarded as one of the finest swimming pools in the world. Renamed Alfréd Hajós-Tamás Széchy Swimming Pool, in the future it will become one of the most modern ones as well. In the not too distant future, it could even host swimming world championships – which means it will be an ideal home for the European Championships (Budapest, 26 July - 06 August 2006).
The best swimmers, divers and synchronized swimmers of Europe can use the new world-class ten-lane pool, the new, state-of-the-art diving platform and the old 50-metre pool, as well as the open-air and indoor 33-metre pools. There are two fitness rooms, a sauna a medical dispensary and a restaurant in the swimming pool building, and there is seating for between six and eight thousand spectators.
Margaret Island has the benefit being in the heart of a metropolis and yet offering the beauties of a green belt location. To protect the island’s environment, only motorcars with a special permit and public-transport buses are allowed to enter the island.

Margaret Island:


New Swimming Complex:








New 50-metre pool:
(capacity: 6.000-8.000)


New diving platform:




Old 50-metre pool:


Old 50-metre pool (2002) /opened in 1937/:
(capacity: 5.600)


Indoor 33-metre pool (1930’s) /opened in 1930/:


Indoor 33-metre pool (2001):
(capacity: 1.700)




The project of the Swimming Complex will soon finish (April/May 2006).

[Luka]

wow. It looks great. Great location

[ban Bank]

- New Indoor Ice Rink in Miskolc -









January 2006:






February 2006:




The Miskolc Ice Rink Project will finish in April 2006.

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Ice hockey infrastructure in Hungary:
(Hungary plays in the Division I.) (2006 IIHF World Ranking: 22. Hungary)

Budapest - Papp László Sports Arena (capacity: 9.000 for hockey games) /built in 2003/:


Debrecen - Főnix Hall (capacity: 6.000) /built in 2002/:


Budapest - Astra Zeneca Ice Center, Main Rink (capacity: 2.500) /built in 2003/:


Budapest - Astra Zeneca Ice Center, Practice Rink (capacity: 300) /built in 2003/:


Székesfehérvár - Alba Volán Icerink (capacity: 3.500) /built in 1991/:


Dunaújváros - Dunaferr Icerink (capacity: 3.500) /built in 1998/:


Budapest - Megyeri Street Icerink (capacity: 2.000) /built in 2003/:


Szeged - City Icerink (capacity: 800) /built in 1999/:


Budapest - Training Ice Rink (capacity: 400) /built in 2002/:


Debrecen - Practice Rink (capacity: 500) /built in 2004/:


Zalaegerszeg - City Icerink (capacity: 600) /built in 2004/:


Kaposvár - City Icerink (capacity: 500) /built in 2005/:


Győr - Graboplan Icerink (capacity: 200) /built in 2004/:


Projects in progress:
Miskolc, Pesterzsébet, Szolnok and Tatabánya

Open-air icerink:
Budapest - Kis Stadium (capacity: 13.700) /built in 1960/:


New ice hall planned for Székesfehérvár (capacity: 6.000):

[ban Bank]

New multifunctional sports hall in Szombathely

The town of Szombathely (West Hungary) has 83,000 inhabitants.

The building was designed as a multifunctional hall to accommodate social events of the city of Szombathely, hosting sports competitions, concerts, and shows. The seating capacity of the arena is 2,100 people, increased to 3,500 with retractable bleachers. The three storey hall is covered by a flat structure. The floor area of the hall is 5,100 m2, the total net area is 9,000 m2. The building, though not particularly big in size, incorporates a number of unique and noteworthy structural details that contribute to the architectural expression of its exterior and interior spaces.

The new Arena opened on March 8, 2006.

Total cost: 3.5 billion forints (13,350,000 EUR)
Total area: 9,000 m2
The court is 54x36 m (parquet).

Capacity: 3,500 + standing places (2,100 fixed seats and 1,400 retractable seats and standing places)
- handball: 2,800 seats + standing places
- basketball: 3,260 seats + standing places
- boxing: 4,500 seats + standing places
- concerts: 4,400 seats + standing places























The („catastrophal") opening game of the new arena of Szombathely (Hungarian Basketball League; Falco KC Szombathely - BC Körmend: 66-69 ):

[ban Bank]

The new Miskolc Ice Hall project finished. (31.03.2006.)

Area: 5000 m2
Capacity: 1800 (1304 seats, 500 standing places)
Total cost: 1.1 billion forints (4.15 million euros)

[ban Bank]

The new Ferenc Puskas Stadium (where the Euro 2012 final would be played if the bid was successful):







Capacity: 60000 seats
Total estimated cost of project: 65 billion forints (246 million EUR)
Project duration: 2-3 years (2008 - 2010/11)

[ban Bank]

The SYMA Sports and Event Center (Budapest)

The Syma Sports and Event Center project is finished (04-09-2006).
The Syma Center is located right next to the Ferenc Puskas Stadium, near Laszlo Papp Budapest Sports Arena.

Total area: 30,000 m2
- „Big" Hall: 8,000 + 4,000 + 3,000 m2 (with the conference halls, VIP room and anti-doping room)
The net headroom of the Big Hall is 16 m. The minimal volumetric capacity is 4000 persons and of course this can be malleabled up to 10000. Elevators help the movements of the handicaped and the disabled.
- „Syma" Hall: 5,000 m2 (headroom: 8-12 m) (with the athletic track)
- „Small" Hall: 2,800 + 1,500 m2 (headroom: 8 m) (with the shooting range)
- Passage: 1,200 m2
- Restaurant with capacity for 200-500 guests
- Parking for 800 - 2,000 cars















„Small" Hall:


Sport functions:


The actual status:

[Qtya]

Really nice thread! I'll upload pictures and info here shortly.

[tersyxus]

Please, QTYA, It's high time to do that...

[Qtya]

Originally Posted by tersyxus

Please, QTYA, It's high time to do that...

I've uploaded some photos and made some comments, in some other very similar international thread...

[Kese]

This could/should be an interesting thread. I would really like to see fresh updates.

[.oreo.]

When surfing I have found this great looking project but I couldn´t understand a word and therefore I don´t know if it´s some ongoing project in Hungary or just some visualisation of some international project by hungarian architects...Have you got any info?

Here is the page.

[dobry_wilk]

holy sh*t... I see that Hungary is very intensively developed. Gr8 sport arenas!! cheers

[RawLee]

Originally Posted by .oreo.

When surfing I have found this great looking project but I couldn´t understand a word and therefore I don´t know if it´s some ongoing project in Hungary or just some visualisation of some international project by hungarian architects...Have you got any info?

Here is the page.

Pretty much about it is in the Budapest constructions thread...its one of the 30 biggest projects in the city. The place is called "Közraktárak"

[Qtya]

Originally Posted by .oreo.

When surfing I have found this great looking project but I couldn´t understand a word and therefore I don´t know if it´s some ongoing project in Hungary or just some visualisation of some international project by hungarian architects...Have you got any info?

Here is the page.

It will be something like Covent Garden of London...

[.oreo.]

Originally Posted by RawLee

Pretty much about it is in the Budapest constructions thread...its one of the 30 biggest projects in the city. The place is called "Közraktárak"

Sorry, but I repeat once again I don´t speak Hungarian and therefore I didn´t know where exactly to put it.

Originally Posted by Qtya

It will be something like Covent Garden of London...

Sounds pretty cool...is there something more aobut this project in Budapest constructions thread?

[Qtya]

Originally Posted by .oreo.

Sounds pretty cool...is there something more aobut this project in Budapest constructions thread?

Yes there is... But It would be hard to look through 48 pages...

I found this site, where You'll be able to read about some projects of Budapest in english: http://www.budapest2010.hu/index.nof...44&k2=36&k3=38

You'll find "Közraktárak" too... I will open a thread dedicated to this development if the constructions have started... Somewhere around late spring...

[tersyxus]

Veszprem Arena to be opened this Thursday.










More pictures and information over here: http://www.veszpremarena.hu/start.php

[Qtya]

Finally MKB Veszprém will get a home it truly deserves...

[Nyuszi]

Originally Posted by Qtya

Finally MKB Veszprém will get a home it truly deserves...

Definitely! It looks great!