Not in the municipal council

New ideas for a stadium? Plans in the back room

This week, the two feasibility studies for a new stadium near the local transport hub in Puntigam and for the expansion of the existing Liebenau stadium were to be approved by the municipal council. However, this will not happen.

This is due to "new aspects that have arisen in the last few days", as cryptically stated in a press release from Graz City Hall, or more precisely from the office of city councillor Manfred Eber. For this reason, there will be no separate discussion at the meeting of the preliminary urban planning committee on Wednesday. Instead, the new aspects will be presented to the public in due course, following an internal review.

In other words, new aspects and ideas for a new stadium in Puntigam will be examined. On the other hand, for the expansion of the existing Liebenau stadium and the infrastructure available there in order to allow Sturm and GAK to play under one roof in the best possible way. The latter option still appears to be the one desired by the city of Graz. Although neither the city nor the two clubs have provided any concrete information on the "new aspects".