New Finn Harps Stadium

Drawings of main stand from original plans.

Rear of main stand with admin block as constructed before work stalled.

Initial drawings had the stadium planned as a 7,000 seater stadium, but minor changes were made to make it a 6,600 all-seat stadium. Ground was broken in 2008 but it wasn't until 2014 that significant building work was undertaken on site. Some of these delays were due to financial reasons, as a decline in property values mean that the new stadium was more dependent on state funding.[4] Planning permission was extended for a further five-year period.

Following Finn Harps 2017 AGM in May 2017,[6] Finn Harps announced that following a stall in progress, revised plans would be launched in summer 2017, co-ordinated by former Chief Executive of North West Tourism Paul McLoone. The expected capacity of this updated proposal was projected to be between 5,500-6,000 with a seated capacity consisting of a main stand with 1,954 seats and another seated stand opposite that seating between 2,000-2,500, combined with terraced ends totaling an extra standing capacity of 1,500.[7][8]

At the start of July 2018, the Department of Sport announced a €304,000 grant towards the relaunch, redraw of plans, and fees towards the restart of the stadium build in Stranorlar.[9]

As of the start of 2020 the project, which had reputedly seen "minimal work" since 2014, was stalled pending the proposed investment of €6.7 million in state funding.[5]