Polish Side Gornik Zabrze Puts Six Month Deadline On Stadium Upgrade

Polish construction company PB Dombud has won the PLN 20.5M ($6M) contract "to modernise Gornik Zabrze's stadium," according to Jaroslaw Adamowski of INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. The upgraded and expanded stadium "will be increased to a capacity of 31,871 spectators." Under the deal, the Polish construction company "has a maximum of six months to complete the works." Gornik currently plays in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top tier of the professional football league. The deal "was awarded by the stadium's operator, Stadium w Zabrzu sp. z.o.o." Under the tender terms, the bids "were evaluated according to two weighted criteria, with the offered price representing 80% of the assigned points, and reducing the time schedule of the works representing a further 20% of the points" (INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 11/5).