Spaladium Arena

Spaladium Arena was opened in December 2008, for the purpose of Croatia's hosting of the World Men's Handball Championship in 2009 The construction of the Spaladium Arena, without the office tower that has yet to be built, costed around 50 million euros. The price of the entire complex is estimated at 147 million euros. The investor was a Croatian consortium (Konstruktor, IGH, Dalekovod) gathered under the name "Sportski grad TPN". The lease of five million euros, including VAT, will be shared annually by the state and the city, and over thirty years, 150 million euros should be paid to investors. After 30 years, the "Sportski Grad TPN" will hand over the hall and other built commercial spaces to Split. Split will use the hall 52 days a year, and for the next 10 years it will be managed by the American company Global Spectrum. Closing Due to the debt of the City of Split, which has risen to as much as 21.6 million kuna, Spaladium Arena was closed. The leaders of the Spaladium Arena have sent a letter to Mayor Željko Kerum and his deputy Juro Šundov in which they are asking the city administration to urgently pay them at least part of the debt incurred due to non-payment of the monthly rent of the hall, which, let us recall, is the City's obligation under the signed contract on a public-private partnership with a consortium of three companies: "Konstruktor inženjering", "Dalekovod" and the Croatian Institute of Civil Engineering. They need this money, according to Lora, in order to avoid bankruptcy of the company that manages the hall. The letter, which we have in our possession, also states that Spaladium Arena has been in a blockade since July 23 of 2012 due to non-payment of rent by the City, which was initiated by the Tax Administration due to a debt of 2.6 million kunas, which arose after the “Sportski grad TPN” sent invoices to the city administration for payment of the aforementioned rent. The Arena also informed the Banovina that the debt to suppliers who maintain the technical integrity of the huge hall has risen to almost 500 thousand kuna. Debts are also piling up towards “Elektrodalmacija”, security guards, cleaners, “Vodovod”. All of this led, according to the end of the letter signed by Ivan Ljubičić, Arena director, to the cancellation of concerts by Mišo Kovač, the British band Pink Floyd, the group Lord of the Dance, Đorđe Balašević, as well as the Split basketball match and Ante Bilić’s boxing match for the European title. At the end of the letter, the director of the company "Sportski grad TPN" tells Mayor Kerum and his deputy Šundov that he will "close the Arena at the beginning of September due to a technical malfunction" if the debts are not paid soon. ==Concerts and events==