New concert hall will open in Salaspils in September

The new cultural venue is preparing to make its mark on the landscape of Latvian culture. Once upon a time, the Soviet-era cultural house "Enerģētiķis" was located here, but now this building has been transformed beyond recognition and is awaiting its opening in mid-September. Salaspils Municipality Council Chairman Raivis Anspaks (New Unity) said: "This was a cultural centre building built in Soviet times, we were faced with a situation where this cultural centre needed to be reconstructed, and then four or six years ago we announced a design competition and obtained a visual image of what this building could be. During the technical design, we realized that it could also be a concert hall. "It has become a well-equipped hall, with the latest technologies available, and this creates a completely different image and content of the building to what has been in Salaspils so far."