Haladas Sportkomplexum Stadium

Haladas Sportkomplexum (Hungarian: Haladas Sportkomplexum) is a multi-purpose stadium in Szombathely, Hungary. It replaced Szombathelyi Haladas's former stadium, Rohonci uti Stadion.

History

Planning

On 28 August 2013, Csaba Hende minister of Defense, said that the government will provide 9.6 billion Hungarian forints to build the new stadium. The new sports hall will be the home of the futsal team, wrestling, box, weight lifting, and chess.

On 6 September 2013, Csaba Hende, Member of the Hungarian Parliament and responsible for the Vas County, said that the preparation of the reconstruction started. The reconstruction team consulted with the Haladas Szurkolo Kore (Haladas Fans Club), presidents of the Haladas VSE, and The Student Association of Szombathely in order to enquire about the demand.

On 12 September 2013, Csaba Hende, Member of the Hungarian Parliament and responsible for the Vas County, said that the government will provide the 9.6 billion Hungarian forints to reconstruct the current stadium.

On 4 October 2013, Miklos Toth, managing director of Szombathelyi Haladas, said that the club do not want to move from Szombathely during the reconstruction of the stadium. He said that the club do not want to play either in Sopron or in Oberwart since it would decrease the number of spectators. Therefore, Miklos Toth asked some officials of the Hungarian Football Federation to check some turfs nearby which can be easily made into a temporary home stadium for the club.

On 26 September 2014, Tivadar Puskas, mayor of Szombathely and Istvan Simicsko signed a contract which guarantees the construction of a new stadium to be built by 2016. The construction of the UEFA stadium category IV and sport complex will cost 9.6 billion Hungarian forints. The construction will be finished by September 2016.

On 30 September 2014, all the 17 Members of the Hungarian Parliament from Szombathely voted with yes to modify the deed of foundation of the Hala