National Football Stadium may be built by end of 2017

No obstacles have appeared to prevent the state from entering into the non-commercial part of the project involving the construction of a National Football Stadium, the Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Juraj Draxler said at a press conference on Friday. "We've already identified the way in which the state will take over the key part of the National Football Stadium project so that we'd be able to see the stadium standing by the end of 2017," said Draxler. The overall project cost should reach €68 million at most. Originally it was stated that the amount would reach €45 million, but according to Draxler, this amount only concerns the construction work as such. A tender is currently taking place for constructing the stadium. Businessman Ivan Kmotrík originally intended to construct the stadium, however later, he announced that he wouldn't fund the construction work out of his own pocket any more. Prime Minister Robert Fico then stated that the stadium will be constructed by the state.