Open discussion on Double Regeneration was held in the closed “Pavlos Giannakopoulos”, in the presence of the president of Panathinaikos AO, Panagiotis Malakatemembers of the administration and members-friends of the “clover”, but also of the Mayor of Athens, Harry Doukas.
The specific project is, given, one of the most “hot” issues regarding him Panathinaikosand the discussion raised important questions and gave key answers about the various parametersthe start and progress of the project.
The Mayor of Athens, Harry Doukastook the floor and talked about where the process is with the project, expressing the belief that in about 1-2 months may have acquired the building permitwhile its goal does not change May of 2026 for the stadium to be ready.
In detail what Haris Doukas said:
For project progress: “We had already held a press conference when we felt we had solved fundamental things about the project. And you have seen that a job has started in the area of ​​the stadium and the main thing is in the pit which is the cleaning and the excavations. What we succeeded in doing, is that we brought in the consortium.
A difficult process, we found additional funding and with an additional contract they are in and working. The second was the building permit for the stadium, we have progressed at a fast pace and in a short time we will have the preliminary approval. In about a month, two months we may have the building permit, which will also be very important. If we get it, the whole project will go forward, we will be able to talk very differently. We are close, in the next few days we want to have the pre-approval and in 1-2 months the license. The overall effort has already entered into a navigation, it is a huge and complex undertaking, which has as a catalyst the two stadiums, for this reason it is of great value to start the football stadium, which has a longer duration than that of the Amateur”.
On whether the 2026 date can be moved: “At the moment, the contractors have not changed the date for us. May 2026, that’s the date. Now if it will be May I don’t know, but the effort is the same and it doesn’t change.”
For the Botanist: “It is a terribly degraded area. It is very important that we go to a degraded area to regenerate it. Let’s make it from a garbage dump, an area that will be a huge green space for free. To create a new green lung. Such regeneration has to be done by the National Garden”.
For the investment: “The investment is close to 600 million in total. It is a historic opportunity for Panathinaikos, this money will not be on the table again. I feel the debt and the responsibility to push the banks too much. And I will take the responsibility and the government will take the responsibility, so that they are done in May 2026”.
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Source: Sport Fm
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