Pampas Stadium

Pampas Stadium (Croatian: Stadion Pampas) is the provisional name of the new football stadium currently under construction in the Pampas neighbourhood, in the district of Retfala, Osijek, Croatia. The stadium will be the permanent home of SuperSport HNL side NK Osijek, replacing its current home, the Gradski Vrt Stadium. It is set to be completed till the beginning of spring 2023 [7] and will have a capacity of 13,005.[1] The precinct will also act as the training base of NK Osijek, with seven football pitches adjoining the stadium. The stadium will have a roof covering all of the seats and be in close proximity to the pitch.[8] It will be located alongside the Drava river. The cost is estimated at €65 million, financed by NK Osijek with a grant from the Hungarian Government.[9]

New NK Osijek Stadium
Stadion Pampas (TBC)

UEFA

Full nameStadion Pampas (TBC)
AddressOsijek
Croatia
LocationRetfala, Osijek, Croatia
Coordinates45°33′59″N 18°39′27″E
OwnerNK Osijek Football Academy
OperatorNK Osijek
Capacity13,005[1]
Field size105 × 68 metres
SurfaceHybrid grass
Construction
Broke groundDecember 2017 [2]
OpenedSpring 2023 (est.)[3]
Construction cost€65 million[4]
ArchitectSIRRAH Projekt d.o.o.
Main contractorsOSIJEK ASFALT d.o.o., EUROKAMEN d.o.o., STRABAG d.o.o.[5][6]

Construction

The project was officially announced on 19 April 2018, in the famous Osijek movie theater "Urania", by the former president of the club Ivan Meštrović.[10]

Early enabling works on the site began in late 2017, when the site preparation was carried out. The plot was raised by 1.5 meter through additional landfill. With the site spanning 15.3 hectares, this represented thousands of truckloads. In April 2019, within a month, 1,000 piles (each 12 meters deep) were inserted into the ground, ensuring future stability of the stadium.[11]

In November 2019, the most famous NK Osijek player and former Croatian Football Federation president Davor Šuker announced a symbolic €1 million contribution from the federation to the project.[12]

On March 27, 2023, the new stadium and training camp of the Osijek Football Club received a valid use permit for the construction of a sports and recreational building - the Football School and Stadium of NK Osijek. In the next phase, until the official opening of only the stadium and the training camp, there will be the furnishing of the interior rooms and the sowing of grass, i.e. the installation of artificial surfaces on the auxiliary fields.[13]

Specifications

The size of the precinct will be 15.3 hectares.[10] There will be 750 parking spaces available to the public and 150 VIP parking spaces. It will be a Category 4 UEFA stadium.[14]

Boxes in the West Stand will include beds, saunas, and Jacuzzis, whilst the adjoining camp will have a hotel, seven heated pitches and entertainment facilities for players. The stadium will have a capacity of 13,005 which will be able to be extended to 14,750 and will be the first all-covered stadium in the country. Roughly 550 seats would be of higher standard, of which 100 spread across 7 skyboxes. The roof (188x150m) will stretch outside the stadium, ensuring shade or rain protection and making it a more friendly public area. Hovering 22.5 meters above ground, it will be the landmark element. The stadium's facade will be translucent, ensuring sufficient sunlight access by day to facilities beneath the stands. Divided into 12 horizontal rings, the facade would be illuminated in varying colours, making the stadium attractive by night.[15]

At the beginning of 2022, the club representatives announced that the West Stand won't feature saunas and jacuzzis, as originally planned. Instead, the initially planned area has been reduced and will be used as a hotel and training area for players. Also, due to the reduction of the mentioned area, the total capacity of the stadium rose from 12,750 to 13,005. [16]

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References
  1. "Evo kada će biti gotov najmoderniji stadion u Hrvatskoj, izbačeni jacuzzi i saune za VIP goste" [Here's When the Most Modern Stadium in Croatia Will Be Finished, Jacuzzi and Saunas for VIP Guests]. sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Sportske novosti. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. "I Retfala će dobiti novu vizuru". nk-osijek.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  3. "PAMPAS SVE BLIŽE SLUŽBENOM OTVORENJU, POSTAT ĆE PRVI STADION U HRVATSKOJ KOJI JE POTPUNO NATKRIVEN". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  4. "Kamere HTV-a na spektakularnom novom stadionu Osijeka" [HTV Cameras at the spectacular new stadium of Osijek]. hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  5. "Official project board on the site" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  6. "Potpisan Ugovor Sa Strabagom Za Drugu Fazu Izgradnje Stadiona i Kampa" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  7. "NAJLJEPŠI STADION U HRVATSKOJ JE PRI KRAJU, EVO KADA BI OSIJEK TREBAO ODIGRATI PRVU UTAKMICU NA PAMPASU". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  8. "O projektu - Pampas 2020 - Nogometni klub Osijek". nk-osijek.hr. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  9. "Interview with Ivan Mestrovic, president of NK Osijek". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  10. "Prestali smo sanjati, počeli smo živjeti!". nk-osijek.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  11. "Dobili tri građevinske dozvole". nk-osijek.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  12. "HNS podržao projekt s milijun eura!". nk-osijek.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  13. "Stadion na Pampasu dobio uporabnu dozvolu, kreće unutarnje uređenje i otvorenje" [The stadium on Pampas received a use permit, interior design and opening is underway]. SiB.hr (in Croatian). 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  14. "Najviša kategorija UEFA standarda". nk-osijek.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  15. "Stadion Pampas Project portfolio". nk-osijek.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  16. "VIDEO Još malo pa gotovo: Pogledajte najnovije kadrove nogometnog stadiona u Osijeku". 24sata.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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