DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE
SWIMMING POOLS
Lewisham Leisure Centre Lewisham, London, UK
OPENING 2012
Construction company Willmott Dixon has been appointed to build the Roberts Limbrick-designed leisure facility, which will occupy the site of the former Forest Hill Pools. It is scheduled to open later this year. The centre will feature a 25m main swimming pool, a 16.7m learner pool, a fitness gym, two studios and a café, as well as a community room. Details:
www.lewisham.gov.uk
Somero Swimming centre Somero, Finland
Brown University Aquatics Providence, Rhode Island, US
OPENING 2012
Brown University's new Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center is to incorporate a 56m swimming pool featuring move- able booms, a 3m diving pool and spectator
Dundee swimming pool Dundee, Scotland, UK
OPENING 2012
Dundee City Council (DCC) in Scotland is behind the plans for a new £31.5m (US$49m, e37m) complex, which will replace the existing and ageing Olympia Leisure Centre. Construction work is due to be completed this September. Facilities will include an adaptable 50m competition pool, a wave pool, a rapid river, a dive pool, flumes and a fitness suite. A multi-storey car park is also proposed. Details:
www.dundeecity.gov.uk
22 SPORTS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK 2012
seating for 800 people. Construction work started on the US$46m (£28.8m, e33.4m) project in May 2010. New facilities will also include the10,000sq ft (930sq m) multi-use Nelson Fitness Center and the 12,000sq ft (1,115sq m) David J. Zucconi ’55 Varsity Strength and Conditioning Center. Details:
www.brown.edu
OPENING 2012
Finnish companies YIT and Ojarannan Rakennus are building a new swimming complex for the town of Somero in south- eastern Finland. Facilities at the publicly owned, e9.3m (£7.9m, US$12.4m) centre will include an eight-lane, 25m swimming pool and a learning pool as well as a health and fitness suite. Details:
www.somero.fi
Anniston Aquatics Center Anniston, Alabama, US
OPENING 2012
The city council has invested US$4.5m (£2.9m, e3.4m) in the new facility at McClellan, which is the last phase of a larger sports development strategy for the region. When Anniston Aquatics Center opens in March, it will feature an eight-lane, 50m swimming pool built to meet the requirements needed to host national events. Details:
www.ci.anniston.al.us
www.sportsmanagementhandbook.com
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