Praha 6 does not agree with the reconstruction of the Sparta stadium in Letná

Prague - Prague 6 disagrees with the planned reconstruction of the Sparta Stadium in Letná. The construction would have a negative impact on the lives of residents and on the appearance of the heritage zone, said councilor Antonín Nechvátal (SZ) to ČTK after today's council meeting. The councilors are requesting an assessment of the environmental impacts of the construction (EIA). The same request was approved by the Prague 7 council. The investor has not yet commented on the inquiry from ČTK.
    Owner of the football club Sparta, Daniel Křetínský, plans to demolish part of the stands and build an office building and a shopping center there. Nechvátal claims that the construction will mean denser traffic and, among other things, the creation of 988 parking spaces. Given the future opening of the Blanka tunnel complex and the planned repairs of the railway to Kladno, noise and pollution levels will increase in the area, according to the councilors' resolution.
    The leadership of Prague 7 agreed on the request for an EIA last week. Today, councilors met again in an extraordinary session. They supplemented the resolution with a disagreement over the volume and height of the planned construction and the area that retail spaces would occupy. Instead of commercial spaces, they prefer residential development. "The project should be assessed in terms of urban context, especially with regard to the character of the surrounding buildings," said the deputy mayor of Prague 7, Ondřej Mirovský.
    Representatives of Prague 6 and Prague 7 both assert that the investor submitted the proposal in a "tight timeline" and, moreover, during the holidays. Mirovský pointed out a possible connection with the unclear situation surrounding the validity of building regulations, which are supposed to establish rules for construction in the metropolis.
    According to the documentation submitted by Křetínský's ACS Properties for the assessment of environmental impacts, the capacity of the stadium is to be reduced by 1,165 seats to 18,251. The training ground will disappear, and a seven-story multifunctional center with an office building will be built on it. The multifunctional center will include, in addition to shops, fitness facilities, a multiplex cinema, and service apartments. Construction is set to begin in spring 2016, with work expected to last until autumn 2018.