Pattaya football stadium stalled at 40% complete

[Rimmer]

Pattaya football stadium stalled at 40% complete

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya’s football stadium has been under construction for more than a decade. Whether it will be completed for a 2026 Olympic event remains an open question.

 

Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome and his deputies paid their annual visit to the 254-rai Soi Chaiyapruek 2 Eastern National Sports Center Jan. 16 and found that little has changed since their Jan. 25, 2019 visit.

Contractor Rama 2-HT Joint Venture Co. claims the job is now 40 percent complete, but currently is stalled due to unforeseen problems drilling a foundation for the south amphitheater.

 

Begun in 2009, the 774-million-baht sports complex was intended to house 12 different sport fields, swimming pool, tennis court, 12 main and minor sport stadiums and a 500-car parking lot.

 

The first phase of the project, with 90 million baht spent on 5,000 of the planned 20,000 seats at the football stadium, was completed in September 2010. Grass was planted and construction of the final 15,000 seats was supposed to begin with a 500-million-baht budget later that year, with completion set for late 2012.

 

Read more: https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/pattaya-football-stadium-stalled-at-40-complete-284710

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2020-01-19—

[Don Mega]

What 2026 Olympic event ?

[henry2109]

26 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

What 2026 Olympic event ?

The Oympics in 2026 will be held in Italy. They are winter olympics. 

 

However, with the erratic weather conditions we are experiencing worldwide, Thailand may be planning a back up for Italy.

[Don Mega]

4 minutes ago, henry2109 said:

The Oympics in 2026 will be held in Italy. They are winter olympics. 

 

However, with the erratic weather conditions we are experiencing worldwide, Thailand may be planning a back up for Italy.

Googled it and apparently Pattaya has lodged a bid interest for the 2026 Youth Olympics.... what ever that is.

[Creasy]

Started in 2009 ?

 

Too much skimming . Not enough building

[champers]

A football stadium and the city's top football team has upped and moved to Samut Prakhan.

[Leaver]

2 hours ago, Creasy said:

Started in 2009 ?

 

Too much skimming . Not enough building

Rome wasn't built in a day.  ????

[nauseus]

Pattaya football stadium stalled at 40% complete, just like the rest of the place. ????

[sungod]

18 hours ago, champers said:

A football stadium and the city's top football team has upped and moved to Samut Prakhan.

In all fairness there was a team when they started construction...... ????

[bluesofa]

17 hours ago, Leaver said:

Rome wasn't built in a day.  ????

If I was on that job it would have been.

[legend49]

21 hours ago, Don Mega said:

What 2026 Olympic event ?

the HUB relay of  course, who  has the most hubs in their country.

[RichardColeman]

21 hours ago, Don Mega said:

What 2026 Olympic event ?

The 10kg cement block throw, the 100m girder hurdle and long ditch jump from the look of it

[Thian]

20 hours ago, Don Mega said:

Googled it and apparently Pattaya has lodged a bid interest for the 2026 Youth Olympics.... what ever that is.

Youth Olympics in smoggy Thailand? I don't think so....

[mikebell]

Another national scandal!  Willing to bet the builder is related to the family ruling Pattaya which would explain why he's not in jail.

[Emdog]

I watched 2nd road Jomtien being built. Had vision of project manager father and son looking over the site cartoon with line "Someday son, this project will be yours"

It's never about actually building something worthwhile, useful & with a bit of quality.

It's about "sharing the wealth" plain and simple... keep that pipeline going

[CLW]

I can tell you why the construction has stalled. The brown envelopes have run out. 

 

This is just another fine example why nothing is improving in this country. Corruption and Nepotism at its best and so deeply ingrained in the society.

[P Funk]

23 hours ago, champers said:

A football stadium and the city's top football team has upped and moved to Samut Prakhan.

Build it and they will come....

[DJ54]

Cost overruns....  never mind a silly question 

[Leaver]

5 hours ago, bluesofa said:

If I was on that job it would have been.

Yes, but only with Burmese laborers, not Thai's.  ????

[Almer]

6 hours ago, sungod said:

In all fairness there was a team when they started construction...... ????

Yes and i had hair

[HeyHeyHey]

11 years to build 40% of football stadium

 

well done boys, that is truly heroic effort, can imagine who would do better

[khunPer]

On 1/19/2020 at 4:21 AM, Don Mega said:

What 2026 Olympic event ?

The article's last paragraph says...

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Officials hope the stadium will be done in time to host the Youth Olympic Games in 2026.

 

[Chang_paarp]

40%?? What an unusual completion point for a Thai project, they are usually 29.3% or 37%, never a round number like 40% . I smell

 

On 1/19/2020 at 11:17 AM, Rimmer said:

Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome and his deputies paid their annual visit to the 254-rai Soi Chaiyapruek 2 Eastern National Sports Center Jan. 16 and found that little has changed since their Jan. 25, 2019 visit.

Contractor Rama 2-HT Joint Venture Co. claims the job is now 40 percent complete, but currently is stalled due to unforeseen problems drilling a foundation for the south amphitheater.

So annual visits from the mayor are the standard? Does he not get regular updates from his minions? Surely no visible progress would prompt a visit a little sooner than the annual visit. Nothing serious happens unless a poo-yai makes an official visit.

 

On 1/19/2020 at 11:17 AM, Rimmer said:

Begun in 2009, the 774-million-baht sports complex was intended to house 12 different sport fields, swimming pool, tennis court, 12 main and minor sport stadiums and a 500-car parking lot.

 

Let's ignore the major and minor sports thing.  However a 500 car parking lot? ???? That would barely fit the VIP's let alone athletes and heaven forbid spectators and the obligatory vendors "souvenirs" and food would be up in arms about the lack of facilities they require.

 

It is a shamble I say! 

Or a job that needs some "special" advisers.

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, HeyHeyHey said:

11 years to build 40% of football stadium

 

well done boys, that is truly heroic effort, can imagine who would do better

Three chimps with a shovel!

[Scot123]

AUDIT! 

[gk10002000]

On ‎1‎/‎18‎/‎2020 at 11:03 PM, Creasy said:

Started in 2009 ?

 

Too much skimming . Not enough building

So typical of many Thai construction projects.  Get just are enough along so that enough monies are committed such that the developers can not back out.  Low level extortion

[garyk]

18 hours ago, sungod said:

In all fairness there was a team when they started construction...... ????

And now that team is in an old folks home.????

[LennyW]

Great site and location, sad to see the usual Thai Graft so prominent in it's non completion yet! ????

 

[overherebc]

It's a funny old game.

It is that, Greavsy.

[tinca tinca]

On 1/19/2020 at 10:21 AM, Don Mega said:

What 2026 Olympic event ?

its the 2026 submarine contest.....where everyone guesses WHERE IS THE SUB!!!