Actual picture of the main building  Asphalt race Track for all wheeled sports  Asphalt race oval - in-lines  Pedal Go-Kart Ferrari FXX  Starting boxes manufactured by the STERILINE RACING (Australian company)  TV & broadcast studio of the Greyhound Park Motol  Full HD camera on the lure system of the Greyhound Park Motol  Large LED screen in the Greyhound Park Motol  Tests of the greyhound race track of the multifunctional sport stadium Greyhound Park Motol  Control tower of the multipurpose sport stadium Greyhound Park Motol
Aerial photograph of the stadium location
Former stand & faciliites  Criminals, drug users and homeless used to occupy the former area |
Important note of the Czech Greyhound Racing Federation:
The Greyhound Park Motol hasn’t got the web pages this is why we post information on our web side of owners of greyhounds. We present information from our point of view - this is not the official statement of the investor of the construction - the Greyhound Park Motol in Prague.
Estimated finishing date of the Greyhound Park Motol
Completion of the construction, the acceptance, the takeover of the work and etc. please see article: Planned completion date of the Greyhound Park Motol
History of the Greyhound Park Motol
The documentation of the construction of the multi-purpose sports stadium in Prague - the Greyhound Park Motol. You can find there texts, photos, historical photos of the stadium, the testing of the each technology in the link HERE
Location of the stadium Greyhound Park Motol
The construction of the multifunctional sport stadium Greyhound Park Motol is situated in the area of a former abadoned footbal playground.
It is placed in a valley, surrounded by the Park Cibulka, a part of the Natural preserve Motol Kosire, and a geological phenomenon (natural preserve) the Motol Ordovik.
More information in the link: Places of interest in the surroundings of the Greyhound Park Motol
Attractions near by the stadium Greyhound Park Motol
Also see link: Attractions near by the stadium Greyhound Park Motol
Project of the multifunctional sport stadium Greyhound Park MotolThe project meets the most strict hygienic and ecological limits.
The investor´s main goal is to preserve the nature. The investor Investor is aware of the responsibility for the nature protection.
The project blue prints can be found in the attachment below or HERE
Purpose of the construction of the Greyhound Park MotolThe multipurpose sport stadium will serve for various kinds of outdoor sports, social and cultural activities.
There are two underground floors for garages. The grand stand & restaurant building can seat up to 500 beholders.
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Services in the Greyhound Park Motol
Kinds of sport & activities in the Greyhound Park MotolBiking, in-line skating, roller skiing, football, beach volleyball,pedal go-kart races, electric go-kart races, archery, selected athletic events. One of the tracks will serve for greyhound races, therefore the track will consist of a sand body with pitched curves.
Further information on possible sports and acitivites:
Kinds of sport and activites - multifunctional sport stadium Greyhound Park Motol.
The sport areal Greyhound Park Motol is equipped with with professional lights that enable greyhound races also at night:
Tests of track lights of the Greyhound Park Motol
Asphalt racing oval in the Greyhound Park MotolThe asphalt racing oval is 377 m long, the oval is constructed for sports: cycling, in-line skating, in-line skiing, pedal go-kart races, electric go-kart races, etc.
Inner grass playground in the Greyhound Park MotolThere is an inner grass playground for footbal, beach volleyball, archery, some athletic competitions etc.
The sand racecourse body of the Greyhound Park MotolThe sand race oval is constructed for greyhound races. Greyhounds can race in the distances 279 m (sprint), 496 m (classic) a 710 m (long) and 68 m (supersprint).
The turns of the sand racecourse body are banked, such solution is safer for greyhound races.
The greyhound starting boxes in the Greyhound Park MotolIn contrast to starting boxes at other race tracks in the Continental Europe, the starting boxes in the Greyhound Park Motol have 8 traps (manufactured by the STERILINE RACING). There is a special carpet in front of the starting boxes:
http://www.cgdf.cz/cs/australian-starting-boxes-not-only-for-australian-greyhounds.html
Lure system - at the greyhound race track of the Greyhound Park MotolGreyhound Park Motol is equipped with the inner lure system (manufactured by the AIMS ENGINEERING) - a standard in the Continental Europe and also e.g. in Australia (Ireland and UK race tracks use the outside lure systems).
http://www.cgdf.cz/cs/lure-system-in-the-greyhound-park-motol-is-operational-1.html
There is a professional Full-HD camera on the lure trolley. It provides unique view of running greyhound at the race track (similar to cockpit views in the Formula One) - see the link:
Profi Full-HD cameras record pilots ofthe Formula CGRF (the Czech Greyhound Racing Federation test the technology already at the Greyhound Race Track Praskacka)
The first supposed user of the sand track should be the Czech Greyhound Racing Federation. The CGRF members carry on their main activity - greyhound races & exhibitions - at the greyhound race track Praskacka near Hradec Kralove - click Greyhound Race Track Praskacka near Hradec Kralove. Safety curtain in the Greyhound Park MotolSafety curtain will prevent dog escapes from the race Greyhound Race Track after racing - link: Safety curtain in the Greyhound Park Motol The control tower in the Greyhound Park MotolThe control tower contains professional video camera (for TV broadcasts), jury control panel Track cameras), digital panel for sportscaster, communication devices (video center - control tower).
Large outside LED TV screen in the Greyhound Park MotolThere is a large LED TV screen on the sportground of the Greyohund Park Motol. The TV screen cooperates with the first-class audio system of the Greyhound Park Motol stadium - see the link:
Greyhound Park Motol - installation of the large-area TV screen
Audio, Video and TV systems of the Greyhound Park MotolIn the main building there are rooms full of professional equipment, e.g. cutting room, post-production control panel, mixing audio control panel, mixing video control panel, other electronic devices.
Background facilities of the Greyhound Park MotolThe grand stand building will be provide perfect facilities for sportsmen - cloak-rooms, bathrooms, storage areas, and also visitors, bistro, restaurant, parking places & garages. Greyhounds can stay in the air-conditioned kennel.
No doubt that broad public will benefit from the sport stadium Greyhound Park Motol in spite of the fact that the construction is not financed either european funds - it is financed only by a czech company. The investor is the CZECH INTERNATIONAL, a.s.
The supplier of racing technologies is the Greyhound Company, a.s.
Such sport stadium anywhere in the world is not profit-making business, more to the contrary it is rather a charity of a patron of sport.
Transport connections to the stadium Greyhound Park MotolThe Greyhound Park Motol is easily accessible because of the Plzenska street - a major traffic artery for surrounding suburbs, e.g. Řepy or Jihozápadní město. It is the most important main road to the Prague center and it goes through the business quarter Smíchov and the Anděl business center. The Greyhound Park Motol stadium is located cca. 5,3 km in a beeline from the Wenceslas square. See link: Transport connections to the Greyhound Park Motol
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