Krakow

Aktualności

07/06/13 - Modernizacja stadionów Wisły i Cracovii

Description

Krakow is the cultural capital of Poland, located in the south of the country. This is the main place in Poland to host music events, film and theatre festivals, exhibitions in contemporary art galleries and museums. Krakow is also the capital of Polish humour, where Polish stand-up comedians perform. The best known football club of the city is Wisla Krakow.

Population

Population in 2005:	757,430
Estimated population in 2012:	747,800
Average population growth between 1995 and 2000:	+1,67%

Source: Poland-Ukraine bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 (Phase I).

Stadium

Wisla Stadium

Planned matches:	group matches
Total number of seats:	33,000
number of spectators:	30,000
Status:	to be refurbished
Date of putting into use:	2010

Source: Poland-Ukraine bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 (Phase I).

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Accommodation

	Existing hotels
Number of hotels												Number of rooms
		*****		****		***		**		*		*****		****		***		**		*
10 km from the stadium		3		8		47		18		6		476		764		2955		877		422
11 - 75 km from the stadium				1		8		18		4				15		282		334		66

	Planned hotels
Number of hotels												Number of rooms
		*****		****		***		**		*		*****		****		***		**		*
10 km from the stadium		3		2		16		6		5		372		215		975		288		292
11 - 75 km from the stadium				1		6		4		8				95		225		155		180

Krakow and its nearest surroundings offer a vast accommodation base (apart from hotels). In Krakow itself hostels, private lodgings, dormitories and camping fields have sleeping capacity of about 20 thousand. In the radius of  75 km from the stadium, there are facilities  other than hotels with sleeping capacity of about 3000. The number of facilities offering such accommodation is constantly growing, which will help guarantee adequate sleeping capacity by 2012.

Source: Poland-Ukraine bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 (Phase I).

Infrastructure

Plans for the modernization of the infrastructure

• Expansion and modernization of Balice airport.
• Expansion and modernization Kraków transport node.
• Construction of „Radzikowskiego” node, to be linked to (national road No. 79) to „Modlnica” node (national road No. 94), „Modlnica” node to be linked to „Okulickiego-Łowińskiego node (national express road S-7 (northern ring road).
• Construction of national exptress road S-7 from „Szczepanowice” node to „Bieżanów” node (A-4 motorway), including transport artery Nowa Huta.
• Construction of A-4 motorway Kraków – Tarnów, inlcuding the section from „Wielicka” node to „Bieżanów” node for the purpose of linking national road No. 4 to „Bieżanów” node.
• Expansion and modernization of national roads No. 4 and 7.
• Construction of the Regional Bus Station.
• Expansion and modernization of the Kraków Railway Node.
• Completion of the construction of underground railway station „Kraków Centralny”, modernization of railway line Katowice – Kraków – Tarnów to meet the standards of international route E-30, modernization of railway line Warszawa – Kraków, section Kozłów – Tunel – Kraków as a branch of international route E-65.
• Construction of the system of Fast Suburban Railway, including: Modernization of section Balice – Dworzec Kraków Centralny, construction of sidetrack Zabłocie - Krzemionki, construction of railway stations provided with infrastructure linking transport systems.
• Estimate costs of priority Investment Projects of the City (including projects financed by Water Supply and Sewage Enterprise and Municipal Heating Plant) amount to about PLN 6.0 billion (EUR 2.3 billiob (CHF 3.495 billion)).

Additional transport capacities
A direct railway line connecting the airport, the Main railway Station and Wisla Stadium will be put into operation. Bus transport with additional vehicles will allow for carriage of about 150 persons every 2 minutes. Transport capacity will amount to 4500 persons per hour with about 300 rides daily.

Adequate number of passengers will be transport due to tramway lines circulating every 3 minutes. The rolling stock will consists of two cars, which can carry about 350 persons. Transport capacity will amount to 7000 persons per hour with about 250 rides daily. Permanent bus and tramway lines of the Municipal Transport Enterprise in Kraków will be supported by special lines put into operation during the Europe Championships.

Traffic arrangements
In line with responsibilities of the municipal traffic manager, the Road and Transport Management will introduce (for the duration of sport events) a temporary organization of traffic on the following routes:

• airport – hotel (center)
• railway station – hotel (center)
• hotel (center) – stadium

The scale of the event and the ensuing traffic problems will not be any from those accompanying other mass events in Kraków. Any potential traffic problems will be handled in line with norms and regulations binding for the municipal traffic manager.

Source: Poland-Ukraine bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 (Phase I).

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