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4mo ago

KNVB Chooses to Keep and Expand Its Zeist Campus

The football association says financial, organisational and governance analyses make a full move to Almere too risky and it will pursue a detailed expansion plan for Zeist with formal permitting next.

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Overview

  • The KNVB announced this week that it will focus exclusively on expanding and reconfiguring its long‑standing Zeist site rather than building a new campus in Almere.
  • The decision follows legal, spatial and financial analyses that the KNVB says show a full relocation to Almere would carry large financial, organisational and governance risks.
  • The bond now plans to explore on‑site options for extra football pitches and nature‑compensation measures intended to reduce the need to cut surrounding forest.
  • The KNVB aims to deliver a fully substantiated omgevingsplan proposal for Zeist by early November 2026, after which municipal and provincial approvals will still be required.
  • Zeist officials and local businesses welcomed the news because the KNVB has been based there since 1965 and provides about 500 full‑time jobs, while Almere has expressed disappointment at being passed over.