Brno communications want a parking house on Veselá

Brno - The city company Brněnské komunikace has begun preparing a plan for a parking garage on Veselá Street in the center of Brno. It is intended to occupy a location that has been considered suitable for the construction of a concert hall - the so-called Janáček Cultural Center - for years. The plan does not mean that a hall could not be built at the site, said the chairman of the board of Brněnské komunikace and city council member Petr Kratochvíl (ODS) to journalists.
      The building for Veselá Street will be proposed as a multifunctional space, but parking will only be intended for the lower floors. According to Kratochvíl, it is possible that a concert hall could eventually be located in this building.
      He considers the preparation of the multifunctional house a way to speed up the construction. Experts can begin to examine the subsoil and plan the foundation of the building. "There may be (after the elections) a different political force that will have a different intention for the location (than the construction of a concert hall)," he stated.
      There has been a long-standing discussion in Brno about the construction of a concert hall. The Brno Philharmonic currently performs in the Besední House, which is too small for the entire orchestra to perform. The space of the Janáček Theatre is also not suitable for concert purposes. However, there is not unanimous support among council members for the Janáček Cultural Center project, which the Brno Philharmonic has been calling for for nearly 100 years.
      The hall, estimated to cost 1.2 billion crowns, still lacks clear financing, and, for instance, opposition councilor Irena Matonohová (TOP 09) recently stated that it is necessary to discuss the operating costs of "such a colossus". The head of the coalition ODS council club, Libor Šťástka, said that the ODS does not consider Veselá Street as a dogma for the concert hall. He mentioned that a suitable location would be the space near the Janáček Theatre on Roosevelt Street. "This would complete the theatre street," he stated.
      Brněnské komunikace is currently planning the construction of eight parking garages. The facilities on Kopečná and Panenská Streets are the first to be addressed. The city is negotiating with potential investors for the locations near the Janáček Theatre and the Central Cemetery. According to Kratochvíl, the list of eight projects is a current summary of variants. It can be changed, supplemented, or projects can be removed from it. Everything will depend on the current situation and the level of interest in parking in the completed buildings.

Proposed parking garage projects

parking garage	number of spaces	cost in million CZK
Kopečná	90	52
Panenská	333 to 406	127 to 212
Besední - Veselá	372	430
Křenová - Vlhká	200 to 350	110 to 220
Rondo - Náplavka	314 to 750	300 to 350
Rondo - Náplavka 2	210 to 250	120 to 150
Janáček Theatre	400	225
Central Cemetery	400	220