Overview
- The hall is now available for training and matches with a city employee or security on site until final handover and remaining technical work are completed.
- Mayor Katja Oldenburg-Schmidt says there was never a resin ban, calls the issue a misunderstanding, and acknowledges poor internal coordination on alternatives.
- Buxtehuder SV had publicly decried an indefinite prohibition on training with resin, with manager Peter Prior insisting performance-level handball requires it.
- The club flagged further shortcomings in the new venue, including missing mandatory ball-fang nets and tight spacing near the substitutes’ area, with a review meeting scheduled.
- The old Halle Nord is shut for construction, and neighboring clubs offered to share hall time as contingency support during the dispute.