In recent days, the KV Arena has become a center for aid to war-torn Ukrainian refugees and has become a humanitarian aid depot. The governor of the Karlovy Vary region, Petr Kulhánek, decided on that, and the effort of the mayor, Andrey Pfeffer Ferklová, to find a solution that would allow hockey players, for example, to finish the extra-league year in peace was not valid.
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“I must very much appreciate the factual approach of the management of Karlovy Vary, the CEO of KV Arena, but also the management of HC Energie, because the schedule of hockey matches is significantly affected by the expansion of the refugee center to the hall,” said Kulhánek. help centers for Ukraine, which was established last week by the crisis staff of the Karlovy Vary region, but the mayor and the club itself had no say in the decision-making process.
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“Thank you very much for your understanding of the situation and the helpfulness with which they approach this solution. Now this is the only way we can double the capacity without interrupting the centre’s operations, thus speeding up the check-in of Ukrainian citizens. We hope that the fans of HC Energie and other visitors to the KV Arena, who were expecting the first spring event, will understand this as well, “added Kulhánek.
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However, some Karlovy Vary supporters have a hard time bearing the fact that Energie hockey players will lose their home environment in a key match. Especially when all the measures against the covid were canceled at the beginning of March, so that the Ore Mountains derby could easily watch the “full house”.
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“It is a bit incomprehensible to me that it was not possible to wait even three days for the basic part to be completed, and the stadium had to close immediately. I think it could have been done differently, “said Milan Antoš, Czech Television’s hockey co-commentator and author of the columns on Sport.cz.
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