Haching makes it clear: No 1860 home games in the sports park - new options: Ingolstadt, Regensburg
Unterhaching / Munich - The fans of SpVgg Unterhaching had already given their opinion on the explosive stadium theme in December. "Lions to Hellabrunn - you have no business in the sports park," it said on posters on the edge of the third division club in the sports park (2: 3). Since yesterday there has also been an official statement from the Hachinger Börsenverein to the address of TSV 1860. The content is similar in substance, but a little friendlier in tone. "There will be no temporary or permanent subletting to Sixty," said President Manni Schwabl before the municipal council meeting in Unterhaching scheduled for 6pm today.
For the game association, it is a groundbreaking session in which it should be clarified whether the third division of the third league can take over the sports park from the community. Whether as a purchase or on a leasehold basis will not be decided until March, but Schwabl has decided to at least clean up with the local and league rival. He justified the rejection of his former club as follows: “In the end, we want to go our own way and must not block our conversion plans by subleting. In addition, you always have the environment and resident issue. As the president of the local association, I have to take this into account. "
The lions had been flirting with the move to the sports park when the Grünwald stadium was expanded one day to be suitable for the second division (which is still far from being decided). Representatives of TSV 1860 had sat with Schwabl not only once to discuss the explosive topic. President Robert Reisinger had said literally at the regional round table on January 21: "Manni Schwabl is looking forward to seeing us and financing his stadium expansion."
Yesterday Reisinger naturally sounded a bit more distant when he was informed by our newspaper about Schwabl's removal: “It is new to me that Manni Schwabl says this, but it is his good right. There is no further comment from me, because we have a managing director who is still under contract until June 30th. ”
The said managing director is Michael Scharold - and he commented on the topic a little more relaxed, not only because of his announced farewell. "In the discussions I had with Manni Schwabl, this decision had already become apparent," said the Bad Endorfer. Haching was also just one of several options that had been examined in 1860 and is still being examined. “This decision now doesn't suddenly set everything to zero, on the contrary. We continue to discuss several options. Basically, we deal with all Bundesliga-compatible venues within a radius of around 100 kilometers. ”Our newspaper knows: Ingolstadt could become an option for 1860, maybe even Regensburg. A return to the Olympic Stadium is not yet off the table. And even a solution in the actually too small Dante stadium is checked by the lions in the background.
For Reisinger, this is now a topic that he officially keeps out of. "It is not part of the Lion President's job to find an alternative venue for the professionals," he said, slightly annoyed. Schwabl, on the other hand, asks for understanding for the rejection: “It is part of the good style among neighboring clubs to sit down at a table. However, it was always clear in our committees, regardless of whether we discussed this in the presidium, on the supervisory board or in the association council, that a possible rental to 1860 would make no sense. "
Haching's makers have big plans for the sports park, which should shine in fresh splendor at the latest by the club's anniversary in 2025: fully covered, with steeper tiers, modern floodlights and, if possible, closed at the corners. He says: “I have a mandate from our members to do something clever with the Haching project, and then certain things just don't work. It's not about sympathy or money, it's just about making an objective, sensible decision for your own club. ”
For the lions this means that you have clarity from this side at least - and for Scharold it means that in the last few months he has to do a bit of work in the service of the lions. He promises: "Until my last working day at 1860, I will try to find a solution that everyone can live with."
