Plans to redevelop the Grünwalder Stadion home of TSV 1860 Munich have been pushed back by a year, with the project now expected to kick off in 2031.
TZ Sport said the revised timetable was outlined by Walter Lechner, head of the club’s stadium commission, who explained that the delay is linked to the planned use of Munich’s Olympic Stadium.
The club has now decided against playing its home matches at multiple alternative venues while the Grünwalder Stadion redevelopment takes place.
Instead, 1860 Munich is planning to relocate temporarily to the Olympic Stadium, with the move dependent on the timetable for its renovation.
Lechner said: “We would be moving from one place to another, playing in Nuremberg and perhaps Augsburg as well.
“But the decision has been made not to do that. We will either remain at the stadium on Grünwalder Straße, as it is still called today, or move to the Olympic Stadium.
“This means we are tied to the renovation schedule and the timetable for the Olympic Stadium. We simply had to adopt those dates. It is not ideal, but it means we are pushed back by a year.”
TSV 1860 Munich or 1860 Munich is a sports club based in Munich (Germany). The club’s football team plays in the Regionalliga Bayern, the fourth tier of the German football pyramid.
The 15,000-seat Grünwalder Stadion is a football stadium in Munich, Germany. It was built in 1911 and serves as the home ground of the TSV 1860 Munich.
The goal of the planned Grünwalder Stadion redevelopment project is to increase its capacity to approximately 27,000 and modernize the stadium to bring the venue up to the standards required to host top-flight Bundesliga football.
Key elements of the renovation include increasing the capacity to 25,000 seats, installing a roof over the stands, and conducting a noise impact assessment.
Other upgrades would also include adding modern hospitality and flexible event spaces and improving fan shops and catering facilities.
The revised schedule means 1860 Munich is unlikely to move into the Olympic Stadium before 2029, with the current expectation that the redeveloped stadium will open in 2031.
A temporary move to the Olympic Stadium in 2029 is therefore considered the most likely option, with construction work at the Grünwalder Stadion unable to begin until the relocation arrangements are in place.
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