New stadium announced for Lugano, Switzerland

Thursday 2nd December 2021

Residents of the Swiss town of Laugano have voted in favour of building a new football stadium.

The town residents have passed plans which will include a new 10,000 seater stadium for Swiss Super League side FC Lugano. The development will also see a new 4,000 capacity multi-use arena, 4 residential buildings and 2 tower blocks.

The plans were taken to a vote of the city's inhabitants which saw the 62% turnout vote in favour of the venture with 12,000 voting in favour and 9,000 voting against,

The project will be built in stages, with the sporting elements to be delivered first. Work on the stadium and arena will start in 2022, with the stadium being ready by 2025 and the arena a year later in 2026.

The cost of the project is expected to top Â£300m.