Connacht CEO Willie Ruane has confirmed that the province has narrowed their search for a new stadium to three possible locations.
Ruane said they're not in a position to comment on any of the proposed locations at this stage but are working hard to make progress.
"We're at the phase now where we have three potential locations, they're fully scoped out, fully costed, drawings done, all of that and it really is a case of selecting which location we'd go with and then progress it to the next stage," Ruane said at a press conference ahead of the new Pro14 season.
Some of that comes down to what we'd be able to achieve, and what might be viable in each location, then obviously engaging with the stake holders in each of those.
That's where it's at. Unfortunately, and this has been the case for a while, we're working on other people's pace, so we're dependent on others.
We're working at the pace of others, but we're pushing it as much as we can.
It's frustrating, I won't deny that. We're ambitious on and off the pitch, we know where we want to get to in terms of a stadium, in terms of the finished product, and you just want it to happen, but we'll keep pushing it because it is absolutely crucial to Connacht Rugby in terms of us achieving success in a sustainable manner into the future."
