“If it had not been opened, the Coldplay concert will not take place. It is simple. There will be a fix. Safety comes first” said the Deputy Minister of Sports, Yannis Vroutsis speaking on Tuesday morning on SKAI and on the show “Mismatched”, answering about what will happen with the various events and concerts planned to take place at OAKA.

“The Minister of Sports will say to open with one condition. There will be signatures from those in charge saying that there is security in Calatrava’s canopies” he said.

At the same time, he said that the closure of OAKA “was a difficult decision, it was a political decision” and underlined that “we will do everything to reopen OAKA under a public character, as soon as possible”.

About him time horizon when the OAKA and the cycle track will open he said that “the time horizon is that the cycle track based on TAIPED can be operational in 2024. I will talk about OAKA when I get the signed study from the technical chamber”.

Finally, he argued that no sports center in Greece will operate without a static license and fire protection.