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Spectator stand of the stadium in Nyíregyháza unexpectedly collapsed – PHOTOS, VIDEO
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On Saturday, the citizens of Nyíregyháza were scared by a sudden, extremely loud rumbling that resembled an earthquake.
According to ATV, it turned out that the main spectator stand in the Nyíregyháza stadium had unexpectedly collapsed. Several people living in the vicinity were so scared, the firefighters’ line was busy.
Luckily, the first responders did not have to intervene as no one was injured, but many people, even from farther away in the city, complained about the eardrum-busting rumble.
There has been ongoing construction work in the stadium as part of a project that aimed to renew the stadium of Nyíregyháza. Still, locals said that no one notified them about the upcoming demolition, nor they were told to expect the noise.
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According to the Hungarian Disaster Management authorities, the collapse of the main spectator stand was conducted as part of a planned demolition. Still, a local representative of an opposition party said that the part of the stadium that collapsed should have been included in the new building, reported Szeretlekmagyarország.
The development of the Nyíregyháza football facility is implemented within the framework of the National Stadium Development Program with the support of the Hungarian Government. The new stadium would look like this:
