Northern Ireland Stadium News

The group behind the proposed City of Belfast Stadium at Ormeau Park have submitted their plans to Belfast City Council as of Tuesday. Included in the submission are plans of what the stadium would actually look like.

The councils Community & Recreation Committee will vet the responses (to the development brief issued on 5th June) and announce their preferred bidder on 21st August, a choice that must be ratified by a meeting of the full council on 1st September.

The main hurdle remaining is that the project will require planning permission from the Department of the Environment to go ahead, and some are worried that life could be made difficult for the Belfast stadium backers due to the government’s support for the rival Maze plans.

Paul Durnien, head of Durnien.com, the main company behind the project, reiterated that the City of Belfast stadium would be built at no cost to the taxpayer and that the proposed complex, incorporating a grayhound track, a community-based sports/recreation centre, swimming pool, training facilities and a sports-medical centre, would not occupy any of the parkland currently used by the local community. He also said that pending the approval necessary (including the council’s and the DoE’s), the stadium project would definitely go ahead.

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