The Antwerp, the current 5th of the Play-Offs champions of Pro League, announced this Thursday the construction of the new temporary tribune of its Bosuil stadium in mid-May. For several years, this forum has been abandoned due to a legal dispute between the owner of the club Paul Gheysens and the owner of the land where the gallery is built.
It is a peculiarity of the bosuil which weighs on the atmosphere of the matches at home of the Antwerp and which renders very badly on television: for several seasons, the Tribune 2, located on the length of the land against the benches and the cameras, is closed for security reasons. A recently resolved legal disagreement prevented the Antwerp club from carrying out the work necessary to demolish this forum and rebuild it. The capacity of the stadium Great Old therefore capped at 16,650 places, to the chagrin of his ticket office.
Fortunately for number 1, this forum 2 will soon reopen to the public. “”The club is pleased to announce that the demolition of Tribune 2 and the construction of a new temporary forum will begin in mid-May, Do we learn through a press release. The new platform will be built by the club itself and will cost around 12.5 million euros. The objective is that the new platform is ready for the international break in November of this year. “
In detail, “The current capacity of 16,000 spectators will then increase to 21,000. Once the new platform has commissioned, consultations will be carried out with the competent authorities to determine how and when the maximum capacity of 24,500 spectators can be reached.”
