State Minister for Sport Udam Schmidt, the government’s commissioner in charge of the World Cup, said at the stadium that the facility, which was built with the idea of displaying the “crown of the queen of sport”, “provides an amazing spectacle”. Odam Schmidt said: – This will be the world’s first open sports arena, which will provide a good home for the largest sporting event in Hungary to date. The sporting director said that in addition to building the stadium and its surroundings, negotiations are taking place in the background to make sure everything is ready to start.
– We want Hungary to be a nation of sports and a nation of athletes, and to achieve this we need to promote sport for life even more – stated Schmidt. He added that he was confident that the panoramic running track in Budapest, which is being built at the stadium, would play a catalytic role in this.
“The goal was to make the square not an empty decorative element, but a place full of life and a sports park,” said the Secretary of State. He said that ticket sales for the World Cup next August will start in November, and the name of the stadium is already being discussed. In this regard, he said: They wish to find a decent name for the facility designed by Ferenc Marcel.
Balázs Németh, CEO of Budapest 2023 Nonprofit Zrt. , the company organizing next year’s World Cup, that a billion people will watch next year to see if the contractors have done a good job. – It is our hopes that coaches and athletes will come from more than 215 countries, including many countries where they have not even heard of Hungarians. This will be the biggest sporting event in Hungary ever, which I hope will not only be a sporting event, but one that we have never seen before, and everyone should take part in it and experience it, Palas Nemeth said. Looking ahead to next summer’s event, the CEO emphasized: in 295 days, for nine days, more than thirty thousand people will blaze in the stands, and “if all goes well,” they will often be able to convince thirty thousand people to exercise more and live more athletic. .
– We would like the facility to be home to professionals and amateurs as well, as ordinary heroes can be here as well as superheroes fighting for a world record – confirmed Balázs Németh.
MASZ President Miklos Gyulay told MTI: He has been to many stadiums, but the one in Budapest is the most beautiful. Their task in the federation is to form a suitable Hungarian national team for the World Cup, and work is underway at full speed in this field as well. – Preparations have begun, and although I don’t like to flatter ourselves, Hungarian Athletics finished one of its most successful years in 2022. The goal is to be even more successful next year. We are living in a difficult time, Miklos Gyulai said, but this event gives everyone an incredible motivation.
Representatives of contracting and construction companies indicated that they took possession of the work area in November 2020, and according to the plans, the ceremonial handover of the stadium will take place next March. This will be followed by a test tournament at the end of July ahead of the World Cup from August 19-27. At the end of the ceremony, a wreath decorated with the flags of builders, contractors, and investors was hung on the stadium’s tensioned cable support structure.
