The Kroměříž Town Hall has received a building permit for a sports hall

Kroměříž – The Kroměříž Town Hall has received a building permit for the construction of a sports hall. However, it is not yet final, stated town hall spokesman Jan Vondrášek in today’s press release. The sports hall, with a minimum court size of 40 by 20 meters, has long been missing in the city of twenty-eight thousand. The estimated costs for the construction of the sports facility are approximately 300 million Czech crowns. The city aims to secure grants for its construction.

The building office decided on the permit according to Mayor Tomáš Opatrný (ANO) after more than two years since the application was submitted. Delays were caused by filed objections. The mayor believes that construction could fully commence next year. "The proceedings related to the hall have already gone through two appeals and one court process,” stated Opatrný.

In this year's city budget, 30 million crowns have been allocated for the hall's construction. By the end of the year, the city aims to build at least the necessary transformer station for the hall.

The sports hall will be intended for sports such as volleyball, basketball, footvolley, floorball, indoor soccer, handball, table tennis, badminton, futsal, gymnastics, or dance sports. "Spatially, it will be designed so that these sports can be played at the highest level. For example, it will account for the necessary ceiling height for volleyball competitions and the run-out areas needed for other sports,” Vondrášek stated.

The building will have a rectangular footprint with maximum dimensions of approximately 70 by 39 meters, and the playing area will have maximum dimensions of 45 by 25 meters. "The audience capacity is planned for approximately 400 spectators and locker room capacity for 175 athletes. The hall will be located south of the swimming pool, about 75 meters away from this facility, thus appropriately complementing other nearby sports facilities,” the spokesman added.

The building will be heated by a heat pump and will have a photovoltaic power plant on the roof. More than 100 parking spaces and two bus stops will be created near the hall, along with improvements to roads and greenery. The estimated costs for these investments are around 15 million crowns.

Indoor sports can currently be practiced in the city at a competitive level only in the long-standing TJ Slavia sports hall on Kotojedská Street, which is primarily occupied by basketball. Therefore, only limited space remains for other sports.