Sofia Architect Backs Plans for New Bulgarian National Stadium

There are plans to "move" Bulgaria's national stadium to the outskirts of Sofia. Photo by BGNES

The Bozhurishte Municipality outside the Bulgarian capital is trying to activate a project for the construction of a new national stadium on its territory.

Thus, the municipality of 8 000 inhabitants, which is practically a Sofia suburb is trying to realize the idea put forth very recently by the Chief Architect of Sofia Petar Dikov for the construction of a new national stadium to replace the Vasil Levski Stadium, which is located in the very downtown of the congested capital.

The Bozhurishte Municipality announced Thursday that it was starting to prepare the planning of a new sports facility on its territory which will meet the criteria set by UEFA for a “five-star stadium.”

According to Sofia Architect Petar Dikov, the Vasil Levski Stadium will not be able to meet the new requirements of FIFA and UEFA as of 2011. The other main reason to “move” the national stadium is the jammed traffic in the downtown of the capital city which becomes horrific when central streets have to be closed because of a football match or a concert.

Dikov and the Mayor of Bozhurishte Asparuh Asparuhov would like to build a new national stadium on plots owned by the Defense Ministry.

The ministry and the municipality have already had talks about the use of the real estate property in question. These, however, have not been finalized.

It is also unclear how the project for the construction of the new national stadium will be funded, and there has been no decision of the Bulgarian government to go ahead with this project.

Bozhurishte Mayor Asparuhov has also demanded the extension of the Todor Alexandrov Blvd and the first line of the Sofia Metro in order to connect the site of the potential future national stadium with the downtown of the capital city.

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