Joc Pečečnik receives bad news again: after 15 years of waiting, the red light for the renovation of the Central Stadium behind Bežigrad is on again
An iconic building that was once home to
Olimpija
as well as the stadium where the first great successes of the
football team of Slovenia
has been crumbling in on itself for many years. The Central Stadium behind Bežigrad is in a state of disrepair. The concrete structure is collapsing and covered in a thick blanket of weeds. Joc Pečečnik, once the first man of Ljubljana’s high-flying Interblock club, still perseveres and believes that one day he will be able to realise his life’s project, but so far there is no sign that this will happen any time soon. If it ever does.
Joc Pečečnik has received new bad news. Or a new painful slap on the wrist. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning has once again refused to issue a building permit because, according to the experts, the Bežigraj Sports Park project is incompatible with the monument’s cultural protection regime, and the investor, in this case Pečečnik, cannot demonstrate the right to build. The decision is not yet final and Joc Pečečnik has 30 days to bring an administrative dispute.
Not long ago, Joc Pečečnik was also left without a plot of land next to the stadium, where the gardens of the residents of the Fonda Blocks are located. The High Court ruled that they own the plot. In order to implement the Bežigraj Sports Park project as originally conceived, Pečečnik would also need the plot.
This text was automatically translated using AI.