Sports Association: demolition of Strahov stadium not order of the day

Representatives of the Czech Sports Association say it is not planning on the demolition of Prague’s Strahov stadium and consequent sale of the property grounds. At a press conference in Prague on Thursday, officials pointed out that such a scenario was only one of several on how to gain additional funds in the future for sport. The financial daily Hospodářské noviny was the first to report the initial story. Sports Association officials said that the sale of the property, which was used by the Communist regime for spectacular calisthenics displays known as the Spartakiádia (in which hundreds of thousands of gymnasts took part) was not the order of the day. Currently, the stadium is used as a training ground for football club Sparta Prague.