The stadium is to be named after Georges de Regibus, a Swiss athlete and sports teacher credited with introducing association football to Bulgaria in 1894.

The convertible roof covers would be made of transparent panels, which would allow the light of the floodlights to stream inside the pitch during night matches.

[3] The sport complex and its concept were designed by the German architectural company GMP International GmbH, which built several stadiums for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including the renovation of the Olympiastadion in Berlin and the construction of the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt respectively.

In the follow-up years, the initial project by GMP International GmbH was partially redesigned due to the financial crisis in 2009 that affected the stadium's construction.

The start of the stadium's construction was placed on hold in 2009, due to a credit crunch effect of the 2007–2008 financial crisis, which resulted in a lack of funding.