Retrovelion Balkanica on the National Arena? Tickets are sold, but the municipality denies organizing the event
Article by Andrei Crăiţoiu – Published Thursday, October 16, 2025, 11:33 / Updated Thursday, October 16, 2025 11:33
On Wednesday, the information appeared that a New Year's Eve party will take place on December 31 at the largest stadium in the country, the National Arena. Taraful from Vărbilău, Azur and Nicolaus Papadopoulos have already been announced that they will perform on the night between years.
GSP.RO got in touch with Bucharest City Hall officials, who denied organizing such an event at the National Arena.
“There is no interest, there was no discussion, no contract was signed! Under these conditions, the event announced in the public space will not take place“, was the message sent by the representatives who manage the National Arena.
New Year's Eve for which there is no contract sells tickets
According to Retrovelion Balkanica organizers, the party was to start at 20:00 and end at 03:00, being planned to take place inside, in the VIP area of the National Arena.
The prices of access tickets were between 600 and 700 lei, to which additional fees of 48 lei were added.
As at the moment there is no signed contract between the organizer of the New Year's Eve party and Bucharest City Hall, the tickets on sale are “up in the air”.
More, important sources told GSP.RO that this event will not receive the “green light” to be organized at the country's largest stadium, even if the organizers will try in the next period to obtain the approval of the City Hall.
Last year was New Year's Eve at the National Arena
A similar event, “Revelion Retro”, took place last year at the Bucharest stadium. Voltaj, Emergency Hospital and Class performed in the VIP area of the National Arena.
Then, the prices of tickets without a seat at the table varied between 230 and 400 lei, depending on the period of purchase.
For those who opted for access with catering included, the prices were between 330 and 560 lei. “VIP tickets provide access to tables in a special area, to the railing and to the dance floor area, with restricted access,” announced the organizers.
How the New Year's Eve 2025 menu looked
- sardines like at my mother's house with polenta and hot peppers
- homemade Transylvanian sausage baked in the oven at low heat
- the Romanian mititei de Obor
- chicken leg marinated in aromatic herbs, baked in the oven
- crispy chicken fingers
- Romanian trout cooked in foil
- cornflake crusted breaded pork chop schnitzel
- marinated pork tenderloin with game sauce
- French fries, American potatoes, homemade rice with vegetables
- Romanian cabbage salad seasoned with carrots, seasonal pickles
- Homemade apple/pumpkin pies, homemade cookies, black pudding, snow white, chocolate cake
