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topicnews · September 26, 2024

Due to enormous growth: New changing rooms and renovation: Sports clubs invest in construction projects

Due to enormous growth: New changing rooms and renovation: Sports clubs invest in construction projects

Burgenland’s football clubs are upgrading: three clubs are investing in infrastructure. SV Leithaprodersdorf, for example, invested 1.3 million euros in a new building project called “LeithArena 2026”. The club calls it a milestone and a project of the century.

LEITHAPRODERSDORF/ST. GEORGEN/WIMPASSING. The sports facility of the SV Leithaprodersdorf not only gets a new coat of paint, but is also radically expanded and modernized. “Leith Arena” will become a sustainable sports facility in the next one and a half years. As part of the modernization creates a completely new cabin wingThe grandstand remains as before. A new changing room area consisting of four cabins On the ground floor, two changing rooms for women and girls and a large changing room for children on the upper floor will cover daily needs. Renovation the current one was thought of. “The topic sustainability is very important to us. We install together with the Burgenland Energy one Photovoltaic system and a Power storage and will therefore be 90 percent energy self-sufficient in the future,” explains Chairman Andreas Heiss.

For the “Project of the century” become 1.3 million euros The club is contributing half a million euros of its own resources. The idea of ​​expanding and renovating the facility was not a coincidence. The facility is already showing its age. According to Heiss, the influx of children and young people in the youth sector is enormous. The number of young footballers has exploded from 90 to almost 180 today. In addition, more and more girls are playing football in Leithaprodersdorf.

UFC St. Georgen’s locker room is self-financed

Since 2022, a shell has been under construction at Sports field in St. GeorgenBy 2027, this will become a new cabin wing Just in time for the 60th anniversary Four new changing rooms will be completed at the UFC St. Georgen. The construction project is being carried out by the Personal contribution of the club. All available sources of money are being put into the new building. “We are paying for the cabin section out of our own pocket, which is why it is taking a little longer to complete,” says chairman Erwin Nemeth. The club is pleased to have many helpers who are working on the project in their free time. Next year the roof will be completed and windows installed. Lack of space and due to the large increaseThe new cabins are invaluable, especially for young people.

The new changing room in St. Georgen is to be built in time for the 60th anniversary. | Photo: UFC St. Georgen/Eisenstadt

LED floodlight system for SV Wimpassing

There is also a new feature at the sports field in Wimpassing: a LED floodlight system. The investment amounts to 133,740 eurosThe purchase was funded by the federal and state governments. The remaining financing will be provided by Burgenland Football Association (BFV), the General Sports Association of Austria (ASVÖ) and the sports club Wimpassing.

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