NEWS
Yorkshire CCC set for
new museum
Mather and Co, the Cheshire-based
museum design consultants, have
The centre is scheduled to open in 2011
been appointed to create a new
purpose-built museum dedicated
£16m sports centre for Preston
to the history of Yorkshire County
Cricket Club (YCCC).
The attraction, which will be gallery. A pre-school complete with
housed in the East Stand at the sensory, nature and hard play areas will
Headingley Carnegie cricket ground A
£16m sports centre planned for
Preston city centre in Lancashire
has received final approval. be able to accommodate up to 90 chil-
in Leeds, West Yorkshire, is set to The University of Central Lancashire’s dren aged 6-7-years-old.
open in summer 2010 and will be Marsh building on Marsh Lane is going There will also be multi-purpose
the first museum of its kind at an to be demolished to make way for the spaces designed to host a variety of
English county cricket club outside three storey complex, which is due to sport fixtures to private functions.
London. The museum will include an open in January 2011. Paul Morris, director, said: “The
audio-visual theatre and a range of The new centre will feature a sprung sports centre will enhance the sporting
interactive exhibits. timber sports hall with more than 300 provision we already offer for
retractable bleacher seats and a viewing the students.”
New tax laws to
£24m National Cycling Centre planned
hit top Premier
League clubs
P
roposals for a £24m indoor
BMX centre in Manchester’s
Sportcity development have
T
op English Premier League foot- been announced.
ball teams could lose out when The 110,000sq ft (10,220sq m) Na-
recruiting top talent next summer, tional Cycling Centre, designed by Ellis
thanks to a change in UK taxation. Williams Architects, will boast a 2,000-
From April 2010 onwards, the basic seat BMX arena as well as offices for
income tax band will rise from 40 per the headquarters of the British
cent to 50 per cent for those earning Cycling Federation.
more than £150,000 a year. The centre will be surrounded by new
As a result, big-spending teams public spaces – including outdoor free-
such as Chelsea, Manchester City and style cycling areas – forming a velopark.
Manchester United may face wage Eddie Smith, chief executive of New
increase demands of up to 70 per cent East Manchester, which is developing
from existing players – and possible the scheme, said: “These facilities will
new signings – who want to offset offer elite athletes, schools and the
the increase in the amount of tax they wider community a unique opportunity
The National Cycling Centre will
will be liable to pay. to access a world-class track.
boast a dedicated BMX arena
According to financial research com- “Although this venue will be used by
pany Deloitte, the change in tax laws the British Olympic BMX team, it will youngsters will bring an Olympic medal
will make the Spanish La Liga more also be an important community facility home to east Manchester.”
appealing for European players, due for our young people with the hope Work is expected to begin in January
to the lower Spanish tax rate. that one day, one of our own local 2010 and be completed by March 2011.
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