Serbian "House of Football" worth 8-11m EUR - in Stara Pazova ?

President of the Football Association of Serbia, Tomislav Karadžić, said that the Executive Board was very close to making the final decision that Serbian "House of Football" should be built in Stara Pazova and he added that the Municipality of Stara Pazova had already provided a parcel at 11.5 ha for that purpose.

FIFA and UEFA announced earlier that they would donate 2.9m EUR for that project, while the Ministry of Sports and Youth would provide additional 3m EUR. These funds will be sufficient for construction of a hotel with 160 beds, two football fields with artificial grass and 4 fields with natural grass and, in addition, 2 tennis courts, a sand football field, a hall and numerous accompanying facilities will also be built. The entire investment is worth 8-11m EUR, and it is expected that the works will be finished prior to year 2010.

FSS does not have much time to make this decision because UEFA and FIFA have already sent the warning that, if there is no agreement regarding this project prior to January 2009, the funds will be invested in other projects.

Goran Jović, the Mayor of Stara Pazova, pointed to exceptional position of this location - 30 minutes of driving from the center of Belgrade, while Igor Miščević from Public city planning company of Stara Pazova reminded that the location was 35 kilometers away from Belgrade, 45 kilometers away from Novi Sad and 20 kilometers away from airport Nikola Tesla.