Lions set to head west for new base

Brisbane Lions bosses are considering a move west to Springfield for a new training and administrative base. Picture: Rob Maccoll Source: Herald Sun

BRISBANE Lions are weighing up between shifting west to Springfield or to the southeast for a new state-of-the-art training and administration base.

Lions chief executive Malcolm Holmes says the decision is one of the most important in the club's history.

The club has already ruled out a site near the Brisbane Airport.

"We are down to two options but it is an on-going process and we are months away from making a decision," Holmes told The Courier-Mail.

"It is probably one of the most critical decisions in the history of this football club, so we want to make sure that we get it right.

"We want to make a decision that is in the club's best interests but also a decision that is in the best interests of the AFL because we want to continue to grow the game in Queensland as best as we can."

Holmes said the Lions were talking to the Springfield Land Corporation and Stadiums Queensland, which controls the Nathan venue now known as the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (QSAC).

Designs, concepts, plans and costings have to be completed before a final decision will be announced.

Ipswich City Council representatives have toured AFL club facilities in Melbourne and are prepared to back any development in Springfield.

Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale said last week the council was determined to strike a deal with the Lions.

"We are very serious," Pisasale said. "If the Lions understand the growth of the western corridor, then they will come where the fish are biting.

"It is going to be much better for them to be involved in Ipswich than in Brisbane."

The Lions social club at Springwood will remain regardless of where the training and administrative base is finally situated.

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