SYNOT TIP ARENA

Stadium (re)Development

Synot Tip arena (Eden stadium), the 21’000 seater home of  Slavia Prague, was opened in 2008. The arena also hosts a 150 room hotel and commercial office space. The leading concert promoter in Czech Republic, Live Nation, has hosted several concerts and events in the stadium with capacities up to 34’000.  However, the current design of the stadium is not fit for purpose for hosting mass non-football events. In particular the safe access, egress and evacuation of all spectators  during a concert is a key issue of concern. In addition converting the stadium from football mode to concert mode, loading and unloading of trucks is highly inefficient which makes concert productions expensive and not viable. Other areas of concern are the limited to zero rigging capacity of the roof, the noise curfew applicable (residents) as well as the protection of the pitch.

Live Nation has commissioned TSC to conduct a survey of the stadium in order to analyse the possibilities to:

• Improve and warrant safe access, egress and evacuation of all spectators during concerts/events;
• Improve truck and crane access to the pitch and the efficiency of (un)loading of trucks;
• Improve the stadium acoustics and noise pollution to the environment;
• Fit the stadium with a retractable roof;
• Introduce a different pitch system which better caters for the needs of the promoters but also complies with football requirements.

A team of TSC experts, consisting of a structural engineer, safety and stadium operations experts has executed the survey;

Design review, operational requirements, design review, spatial requirements, multifunctional use;