New Sports Stadium For
50.000 To Replace
Existing Estadio
Nacional
The Estadio Nacional de
San José, located on the
west end of the Sabana
park, will be demolished
in two months to make
way for the construction
of a new sports arena.
Osvaldo Pandolfo,
president of the Consejo
de Deportes and
vice-minister of Health
said that the plans for
the demolition of the
stadium are moving ahead
and will be carried out
once an environmental
impact study is complete
and then will take three
and half months to carry
out the work and remove
the debris.
However, the stadium
will continue to
function before the
demolition. Today, two
soccer games are
programmed, Universidad-Cartaginés
(11 a. m.) and Saprissa-Carmelita
(3 p. m.).
Pandolfo added that the
Universidad de Costa
Rica and the
Federaciones de
Atletismo y Tiro have
been advised that to
find a new home for
their sports activities.
The new stadium to be
built on the site will
have a capacity of
between 40.000 and
50.000 people with a
cost of us$60 million
dollars and will be
financed by the
governmen of China.
A new commission -
Comisión gubernamental
del Estadio - is being
created to meet with a
group of engineers,
architects and
technicians who will be
coming to Costa Rica in
March.
The commission will be
made up of Costa Rican
first-vicepresident,
Rodrigo Arias, and
coordinated by Pandolfo,
will include former
soccre player, Paulo
Wanchope, vice-ministers
of Transportes, Vivian
Martín' Salud, Lideitte
Carballo; Hacienda,
Jenny Phillips; Medio
Ambiente, Jorge
Rodríguez; the president
of the Comisión Nacional
de Emergencias, Daniel
Gallardo; and the
director de Migración,
Mario Zamora.
There are eight designs
on the table, according
to Pandolfo.
The new stadium will
incorporate underground
parking for 5.000
vehicles should be ready
for 2010, before the
close of the Arias
administration. |
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