The indoor arena in Brașov, being built by the National Investment Company next to the municipal stadium in Bartolomeu, is put by ProSport on Sunday, 18 October 2026, at more than 131.5 million euros. Works are, in the same report, about 70% done. Opening is billed for summer 2027, not 2026. Ion Țiriac is from Brașov; that is colour, not the reason for the site.

The government re-approved the indicators on 14 May 2026, by Decision 389. The total, including VAT, is 646.561 million lei, against 404.557 million at the start. At the annex rate, 1 euro = 5.0985 lei, in 31 December 2025 prices. The Development Ministry, through CNI, puts in 623.669 million; the city of Brașov puts in 22.892 million. Capacity in the decision is 11,233 seats; ProSport and an older local vote speak of 11,211, including the warm-up stand.

Agerpres, in May, relayed the reasons for the rise: changing standards, installations, facade lighting, equipment for homologation in basketball, volleyball, handball, tennis, gymnastics and other sports. Total execution time is 55 months, with 15 months left at re-approval. The site opened on 16 September 2022. The original 2025 deadline has been missed.

ProSport adds another 45.4 million lei, about 8.5 million euros, for extra works, which is how the cost story reaches 131.5 million euros. Mayor George Scripcaru said, before the government decision, that finishing depends on money from Bucharest, not only on the builder. The works consortium is MIS Grup–Electrogrup–Energo Steel Art.

The complex is meant for concerts and congresses as well as a club. Homologation at “the highest competitive level” is on the works list, not a certificate already on the door. Anyone announcing the hall open in 2026 is wrong about both the decision and the site.

The figures are a public investment, not a market appraisal. They do not say whether the arena will host European cups and they are not planning advice. They say how much a project started in 2022 has grown, and how much is left, on paper, until June 2027.

Image: Pudelek (Marcin Szala), Council Square, Brasov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; the archive old town, not the Bartolomeu site in October 2026.

Sources consulted: What Romania's most expensive indoor arena looks like - ProSport; Government approved funding for the Brasov indoor arena - AGERPRES.