The stadium had a capacity of 25,000, although security concerns mandate limiting audiences to 15,000.

In light of this the club entered negotiations with the city council of Lucerne and also the private sector in order to raise the finance with which to build a new stadium.

The contract has been awarded to local architects Daniele Marques and Ivan Buhler.

Alongside this there will also be two large residential units built in order to help the funding of this.

The project began construction in summer 2009 and the new "Swissporarena" was finished July 2011.