Arena MRV: Why was the opening of the Atlético stadium delayed by nearly 3 years?

Atlético’s initial predictions were that the MRV Arena would open at the end of 2020, but it’s already 2023 and the business is far from over. Why are you so late?

To give you an idea, construction – approved by the Alvinegro Deliberative Council in September 2017 – only started in April 2020.

This process is also delayed. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic and the rains that fell in Belo Horizonte have been an obstacle to work.

The initial projection was that construction would last a maximum of two and a half years. It’s been almost three years now.

a super sports Visited the arena two weeks ago. The stadium itself is nearing completion. At that time, construction was 98% complete (see video below).

Currently, what is delaying the opening are pending traffic works. Atlético delayed the delivery of road constructions requested by the Municipality of BiH to launch the events on site. At the time of this report, only 40% of this process is in place.

The idea was that the event would take place between March and May, but the predictions were wrong. Here are the main reasons:

The new dates for the BH Festival are expected to be announced on March 25, at a trial event in the arena to celebrate Atlético’s 115th anniversary.