Will the state buy the dilapidated stadium behind Bežigrad? Joc Pečečnik expects €18 million in exchange for former Olimpija home
Joc Pečečnik has been trying for 15 years to put new clothes on the once-dominated hall of Slovenian football, but it seems that his megalomaniac project is about to finally fall into the water. Or is it? Many media reports say that the stadium will be bought from Pečečnik and his business partners by the state, but the former president of Interblock football club says he is still waiting for a binding offer from the state. But he won’t wait much longer – he has only given the country until 1 November.
“The Prime Minister has personally informed me that the State has an interest in keeping the stadium in its original form, as this was a pre-election promise of the coalition partners. They promised that it would be a sports facility that protects cultural heritage. On this basis, I informed the Ministry of Culture that together with our partners (MOL and OKS) we decided that there were only two scenarios. Either we should be granted planning permission for the project, which is our primary interest, or the monument should be bought. There is no other option. I sent a formal offer to the State four months ago, asking it to find a solution, because I do not want to build if the national and public interest has changed after 15 years of torment and expense,” is for SBC Joc Pečečnik told SBC.
Joc Pečečnik: “Do you think it’s crazy?”
The successful businessman, who made a fortune from gambling machines, continued: ‘According to my information, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Economy Tourism and Sport, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Culture support the purchase, but it is going nowhere. Despite the fact that the land registry matters are settled, and despite the fact that we have sent them a draft contract and a valuation, and despite the consent of the MOL and OKS at the general meeting of BŠP, I, as the company’s director, can realise the sale. All I know is that if by 1. On November 2023, after five months of waiting, without a binding offer, he, as a director of the company, withdrew from the sale on the grounds that the purpose of the purchase was not serious. There are no longer any obstacles for the State not to buy the stadium.”
Joc Pečečnik received the stadium from the state in exchange for the stadium, which used to be home to the Olimpija, where Olimpija and the Slovenian national team achieved their initial successes, is expected to cost around €18 million. “The price of the monument, which was unanimously agreed by OKS, MOL and Elektronček, is the original investment of all three partners, excluding interest. Do you think it’s crazy? It is. We will get back what we invested 15 years ago. If we had bought the flats 15 years ago with the money invested in BŠP – around €18 million, today the same flats would be worth between €30 and €40 million. I do not think that these are so large that the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sport would not be able to handle them,” added Joc Pečečnik.
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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