A long-time fence entrepreneur was rejoicing in the news of Helsinki-Hall

Businessman Jari Väänänenex-buzzer hockey Ossi Väänänen Father, 20 years ago bought the Helsinki-Hall Aition. Demand for tenants was strong and the man’s business flourished.

One spring day, everything was like a wall. Came Korona in 2020 and the hall’s doors closed.

As the light began to sparkle at the end of the tunnel as the pandemia faded a couple of years later, a new and much wet racked rag on Väänänen’s face.

Russia attacked Ukraine, and as a result the hall was completely dark. Its Russian owners were on the EU sanctions list.

Businesses ended like a wall.

“It was a very frustrating time. Nothing could be done, but had to follow this stunning thing on the side, ”says Väänänen.

A businessman’s five -year torment now seems to finally end. On Thursday, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued an exemption for the sale of the former Hartwall Arena, the current Helsinki Hall.

The final realization of the trade still requires the permission of the bailiff.

What was your first reaction when you saw the news?

“I cried to my wife that you would come here, now we’re hit” highfives “.

“I had expected this, but that’s fine. The feeling is really good, ”Väänänen describes.

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It is only when the first information about organizing the first event will only be populated.

Still, the Väänänen couple is not yet popped by champagne bottles. They made it mistaken to do it earlier in the fall, when the publicity became aware that the Helsinki Hall could already be opened.

“The champagne is on the ice again, but they are not opened now. It is only when the first information about organizing the first event will only be populated, ”says Väänänen, a harshness of the disappointment.

Jari Väänänen Aitio is not the only one in the family. Ossi owns two sheds that Dad helps to run.

Although This decade has been a business in the business sense to Jari Väänänen, he has not stood straight all the time. Väänänen is enthusiastic about life change.

“If you are looking for something good in the hall, I’ve walked a lot. My condition has increased. ”

The arena company has hundreds of small shareholders who own an Aition, a club chair or a parking space. Väänänen is one of them. He calculates that he has lost about half a million euros over five years.

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The boy was reportedly sleeping with the club, so it is not difficult to guess the pleasure of grandfather.

In addition to individual entrepreneurs, the event hall, which has been standing in the dark, has also caused a notch in the city of Helsinki.

“I read in a magazine that the city has not received EUR 100 million per year for direct and indirect sales,” says Väänänen.

“Hope everything finally changes. I think that the Big Arena will also have big stars to come to Helsinki in the future, for which the halls of other cities are too tight. ”

Väänänen It mentions that a rental fence can also bring valuable experiences to people that are not measured in money.

“Once, I delivered the playful performance of our clients for a hockey game for a club with a star player signature. The victory was won by a big industrial hood that handed over the club to his grandchild. ”

“The boy was reportedly sleeping with the club, so it is not difficult to guess the pleasure of grandfather.”