Over 65,000 seats and armchairs for the new Puskás Aréna

However, the stadium has not been designed for football teams and fans only. In line with contemporary trends in design, the arena is multifunctional and it can host concerts of the world’s top stars as well as many other kinds of performances and events. What is more, its capacity can be easily changed, depending on the needs. The size of the auditorium can be adjusted to the rank of the event, eg. a game of the national league vs. an official international event. Such flexibility has been made possible with solutions from our brand Forum, which used a special fastening system to fix our flagship Abacus seats in selected zones of the stadium.

The Abacus seats, of which about 61,000 were installed in the venue, are only a part of the equipment provided by Forum for Hungary's national stadium. Although our brand had already gathered a considerable pool of impressive references before, such as the venues now under construction for the 2022 World Championships in Qatar, and stadiums hosting major sporting events in previous years, it has never delivered such a comprehensive project.

According to Mr. Rachfalik, Forum was the only contractor capable of delivering such a large scope of work on schedule. “Choosing a single contractor is very comfortable for an investor, as it helps to avoid surprises that usually come up in areas where the competences of various companies involved in a project overlap” he explains. He also stresses that the brand’s cooperation with the architect is running very smoothly, partly because of its history of past projects, which has given Forum a very good reputation and trust: “Together with Nowy Styl’s local partner Telmex, we have completed four stadium projects in Hungary before. Of course, we can also boast a whole host of other projects we have done around the world. They have given us a huge pool of experience, which is paying off now.”

“Another thing that is paying off is the teamwork, and the amazing commitment of everyone on our team, whom I would like to thank very much. Special thanks go to Maciej Wasilewski, the owner of Telmex. It is thanks to our fantastic specialists that we can develop continuously, adjust our solutions depending on needs, and even develop completely new solutions for a specific project. And most importantly, as was the case with the Puskás Aréna, we can fit out a giant venue from top to bottom” sums up Jakub Rachfalik.

The Puskás Aréna has already passed its baptism of fire before the next year's European Championships. The national teams of Hungary and Uruguay played a friendly match to inaugurate the stadium on Friday, 15 November. Adam Krzanowski, the President of Nowy Styl had the pleasure to watch the game and he has shared his impressions: