FC Bayern is pressing ahead with its next major project, for which the record champions are investing almost 100 million euros
According to the Munich newspaper tz, the City of Munich has now given its preliminary building permit for the new performance center on Säbener Strasse, allowing FC Bayern to move the mammoth project, which has been in preparation for years, into the next phase. The planned investment: almost 100 million euros. Construction work is now expected to start in 2026 due to the recently postponed schedule
The project is seen internally as key to securing the club’s competitiveness in the long term. „A new performance center is therefore a central building block so that FC Bayern can continue to attract international players and remain competitive at the absolute top level,“ emphasized CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen. The renovation was already approved by the Supervisory Board last year, but then postponed by twelve months. Now the conditions are in place for the plans to become reality
The scope of the new building is enormous, with a construction period of three years and around 50,000 lorry journeys calculated for the removal and delivery of building materials alone. At the heart of the project is a new professional wing, the design of which is largely the responsibility of Kathleen Krüger. The long-standing team manager now works as „Senior Leading Expert Sport Strategy & Development“ and plays a key role in the planning of the modern infrastructure
FC Bayern wants to take a new step with its performance center
The fact that FC Bayern is able to raise such sums at all is also due to the club’s strategic real estate policy. Säbener Straße has been owned by the club for decades and forms the heart of all sporting structures. Bayern also recently purchased Sportpark Unterhaching – another building block in its growing real estate portfolio
The club’s other major projects also show how consistently Bayern invests. The Allianz Arena was already fully paid off in 2014, a full 16 years earlier than planned. The Bayern Campus on Ingolstädter Straße, which cost €70 million, has also been debt-free since 2022 and has even tripled in value according to club estimates. Other locations such as the SAP Garden or BMW Park are rented or operated without being owned by the club, while the Grünwalder Stadion remains municipal
For FC Bayern, the new performance center marks the next big step towards the future. The club not only wants to remain at the top of European sport, but also to set standards in terms of infrastructure. The approval that has now been granted brings this goal a great deal closer.
