NEW OPENING
RAVENSCRAIG commits to sport
ern Europe, the 1,125 acre once derelict site – an area equivalent to 700 football pitches – is being transformed into a new Scottish town, which will be home to more than 10,000 people, is expected to create 12,000 job opportunities and at- tract in excess of £1.4bn in private sector investment over the next 15-20 years. Situated in North Lanarkshire, in central
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Scotland, Ravenscraig is one of the most accessible parts of the country, with more than two-thirds of Scotland’s population within 90-minutes’ drive time. The new
SPORTS CENTRE FACILITIES
• A full-size indoor FIFA two-star third generation (3G) synthetic sports pitch, suitable for football and rugby training, matches and multi-use events for up to 5,000 people • A full-size FIFA two-star outdoor, floodlit 3G synthetic pitch • Six floodlit five-a-side pitches • A six-lane, 135m, indoor running track, throw and jump areas and a strength and conditioning area for elite athletes • A nine-court sports hall • A fitness suite with 100 stations of Technogym equipment • Two dance studios • Lecture and meeting rooms • A sports injuries clinic • Press and media facilities • Café • VIP facilities, including fine dining
avenscraig promises to be one of the most ambitious regener- ation projects in Europe. Once the largest steel mill in West-
community will include more than 3,000 homes, a modern, attractive town centre with 84,000 sq m (0.9m sq ft) of retail and leisure space, up to 216,000 sq m (2.3m sq ft) of business and industrial space and a new transport network. The redevelopment of Ravenscraig
has been divided into two parts. Work on the £200m first phase began in 2006 and is nearing completion. It includes the £70m campus for Motherwell College and the construction of 850 new houses, while the £32m sports facility – built on the site of the former Ravenscraig Steelworks – was opened to the public in September 2010. The £600m second phase will create
the new town centre, leisure, restaurant and community facilities in a modern, attractive town centre. A further 1,500 housing units and 46,450sq m (500,000sq ft) of commercial space will also be cre- ated – served by a new railway station, a bus interchange and substantial car park- ing with dual carriageway access from the M8 and the M74.
Sports design Conceived as part of the Scottish Execu- tive and sportscotland’s National Regional Facilities Strategy, Ravenscraig’s sports cen- tre was financed by the North Lanarkshire
CLOA’s John Bell provides an overview of the redevelopment project at Ravenscraig – including the new £32m regional sports facility
Council, sportscotland and Ravenscraig Ltd (which consists of three equal stakehold- ers: Wilson Bowden Development Ltd, Scottish Enterprise and Corus). Jim Fitzsimons, project director at Ra-
venscraig Ltd, said: “It has always been our ambition to create a sustainable, thriving community at Ravenscraig and these buildings will go a long way in helping us achieve this aspiration.” The Populous-designed sports centre
celebrates the history of the site. The choice of materials and the building’s structure creates a link with the steel industry that has had a strong cultural presence on the site and within the local community. Metal bands rise from out of the ground to wrap around the structure: a visual reminder of rolled metal sheets and of the industry which employed so many local people. The complex is notionally divided into
three main building blocks: the football and sports hall to the east, the athletics hall to the west and the changing rooms and reception area. The layout, with its common areas and centralised gather- ing zones between the halls, allows for a high level of interaction between the elite athletes that use the centre for regular training and members of the public. The idea is
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