Turkish stadium builder to bid for new Bursaspor ground |
 Construction giant Varyap is looking to win the right to construct the new home of Spor Toto Super League champion Bursaspor, the company’s chief executive has told daily Hürriyet.
“We have 10 days to finish the work to prepare a proposal,” said Erdinç Varlıbaş said, adding that the company had received a list of conditions from Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, which is tendering the bid to construct a new football ground to replace the aging Atatürk Stadium
Varyap finally completed the construction of Galatasaray’s Türk Telekom Arena at the end of the last year following a three-year saga that included delays in construction and a number of different tenders. Turkey’s state-run Housing Development Administration, or TOKİ, authorized a number of other companies to construct the ground before finally choosing Varyap.
Bursa Mayor Recep Altepe told Hürriyet that unlike Galatasaray’s project, the Crocodiles’ current home, Bursa Atatürk Stadium, would remain a sports venue. Galatasaray’s hallowed Ali Sami Yen was handed over to TOKİ after Türk Telekom Arena was opened Jan. 15.
Before Monday, 32 companies had applied for the tender for the 45,000-person-capacity stadium, Altepe said. “We expect this number to reach 40 by the tender day.”
The new Bursaspor ground will be constructed on the site of the present velodrome. The stadium is expected to open next year.
“We are the only firm [in Turkey] which has up-to-date data on stadium building. We have a strong workforce. We will use our experiences in projects both in Turkey and abroad,” said Varlıbaş. “Varyap aims to become a global player in this field [of stadium building].”
Bursaspor became just the second team from outside Istanbul to win the Turkish football league title when they triumphed in 2010.
The company is also looking to bid on Beşiktaş’s tender for a new stadium in central Istanbul, Varlıbaş said.
The football club won approval last month to construct a new 120 million-euro stadium to replace its current home, Fiyapı İnönü Stadium, which stands next to the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Fiyapı, the sponsor for the current stadium, is the strongest bidder.
Varyap is also looking for opportunities to build nine stadiums in Qatar, which was chosen to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup
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