"Since 8:00 AM, there has been an ongoing police operation due to an assembly that was not properly reported," said the Vienna police regarding Vienna-Landstraße: Demo against the planned event arena in St. Marx. Around 11:30 AM, there were about 20 demonstrators on site, as the police informed the APA. However, it cannot be ruled out that this number could still increase.

Area of Planned Event Arena in St. Marx Has Been Idle for Years

The event arena is intended to be a venue for all kinds of shows and events, such as large rock and pop concerts or sports competitions and trade fairs. The building is expected to host nearly 150 events per year. The large construction is being built on a site next to the existing cattle hall (now Marx-Halle). The area has been idle for years and is officially only used temporarily - for example, as a circus site.

However, there is also resistance to the construction project. "The demolition of the long-standing peaceful and self-managed cultural sites in St. Marx undermines the initiative of self-organized citizens of Vienna. The self-managements that emerged there enlivened the open space as a unique cultural landscape of this city. Low-threshold places of gathering and encounter developed, which are now known to many people in Vienna as lived utopias - in short, the open space in St. Marx was a lively magical place," said a statement from the demonstrators.

"St. Marx is a meeting point and movement space in the midst of a densely built-up district. But instead of unsealing this gray desert and transforming it into a place of well-being for people and nature, the next event hall is being built against the will of the population," criticized the environmental NGO Greenpeace.

(APA/Red)

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