Hidegkuti Nandor Stadion

Hidegkuti Nandor Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Jozsefvaros, Budapest, Hungary. The stadium was opened on 13 October 2016. It was renamed after the MTK Budapest and Hungary footballer Nandor Hidegkuti. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of MTK and Honved.

History

Planning

Tamas Deutsch, Member of European Parliament and president of MTK Budapest, announced that in 2016 a new stadium will be built, budgeted between 6 and 6.5 billion HUF. The new facility would host approximately 5000 spectators and be the home of the Sandor Karoly Football Academy. The first phase of the construction would start at the end of the 2013–14 Hungarian League season with the demolition of the current stadium. During the construction the club would play their matches another stadium Budapest and decided by the fans of the club.

On 4 November 2014, the construction budget of the new stadium was made public. The Hungarian state would provide 1.39 billion HUF for the construction of a sports hall at the Lantos Mihialy Sportelep, 3.91 billion HUF for the reconstruction of the Nandor Hidegkuti stadium, and 350 million HUF for the training pitch next to the stadium. Altogether 5.65 billion HUF.

On 5 December 2014, the first drafts of the new stadium were published on the official website of the club. The tender was won by Bord Epitesz Studio Kft, led by Peter Bordas. The new stadium would be able to host just over 5000 spectators and planned to open the summer of 2016. The planned UEFA stadium category of the new stadium would be Category 3 which requires a minimum seating capacity of 4500 and at least 250 VIP seats.

On 12 December 2014, new photos of the new stadium were published on the website of the club.

On 18 June 2015, the new plans were revealed by the Hungarian epiteszforum.hu. The plans were delivered by designers of two companies, Sportarchitects and Azmpl.

Demolition

On 6 November 2014, the demoliti