Instead of Eurostadion, the construction group wants to renovate and pay for the King Baudouin stadium
Now that Belgium misses the European Championship 2020 and the Eurostadion does not seem to be there, we are called again to renovate the King Baudouin Stadium. Bouwgroep Besix, since last month a big sponsor of the football association, is a candidate for this.
"We have already made a proposal for a facelift to the city of Brussels," says Johan Beerlandt, chairman of the group. "We are going for 50,000 places, net 45,000, with lockers and retention, for the Memorial. They like our plan at the Football Association, because they want a UEFA-compliant stadium for the Nations League. If everything goes well, the works can be finished by the end of 2019. "The question is: who will pay that? "We ourselves. It can be less than 200 million euros and we can finance it 100 percent. Then to exploit the stadium. "
For the time being, however, there is no support from the city of Brussels and the Brussels Region, which lost 1.25 million euros in the European Championship application. They still hope at the Eurostadion at Parking C, if necessary with a new file. Although Besix, like the competitor, wanted to build Ghelamco there at the time, it now only wants to work with the King Baudouin Stadium. "And our renovation is compatible with the Neo project at the Heysel, where we are involved. Unibail, our construction partner for Neo, is also positive. We therefore continue to work towards this."