THE BRISBANE Lions remain confident their proposed new training and administration facility at Springfield in Brisbane's west will go ahead despite hitting "roadblocks" with federal government funding.
Lions CEO Malcolm Holmes confirmed on Monday that a pre-election Labor promise of $15 million was now in jeopardy following the Coalition's landslide election win.
Holmes said the Lions – in conjunction with the AFL – were in constant negotiations with the federal government.
However, he said they had set themselves a June deadline to secure the money as part of the $60 million project that was already underway.
"Springfield is very much alive," Holmes said.
"We're confident in the process. We don't see any reason why, at the moment, that Springfield is not the preferred choice, but we have to secure the funding or otherwise we won't be moving anywhere."
The facility is also receiving funding from the Ipswich council, Springfield Land Corporation and Queensland government.
Minister for infrastructure and regional development Warren Truss has seen the site as recently as one month ago and will receive another presentation from the Lions later this week.
Holmes said the club had already begun exploring alternatives, which may include extending their lease at the Gabba beyond 2015.
"We're confident we'll get the funding, it's just a matter of time," he said.
"Obviously the change of government has given us some challenges."
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