DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE ARENAS OPENING 2013
Worcester Arena Worcester, UK
The new £15m (US$24.1m, 18.4m) Worcester Arena under development at the University of Worcester (UW), UK, is due to open its doors to both the university’s stu- dents and the general public in 2013. The 5,300sq m (57,050sq ft) arena is being built on a former fruit and vegetable market site located between the university’s St John’s and City campuses.
The facility will boast a 12-court sports hall, with retractable seating for up to 2,000 people, and multiple courts capable of holding three tournaments at one time. It will also be the home ground for the local Worcester Wolves basketball team. Roberts Limbrick Architects are behind the designs for the new sports complex, which is set to become a new national centre of excellence for disability sport, including blind football and wheelchair basketball. It will also benefi t athletes with a mobil- ity impairment and accommodate up to 400 children taking part in Sport England’s Learning Through Sport programme.
Worcester Arena will be used by both university students and the public
An additional Riverside complex will cater for games and activities, dance and fi tness, as well as martial arts and boxing. Sport England is contributing £1.5m (US$2.4m, 1.8m) towards the project through its Iconic Facilities fund. Additional investment is being provided by England Basketball and England Badminton.
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OPENING TBC
Seattle arena Seattle, WA, USA
Seattle mayor Mike McGinn and King County executive Dow Constantine are building a US$490m (£304m, 373m) ice hockey and basketball arena in the city.
Confi rmation of the self-funded project comes after private investor Christopher Hansen submitted a proposal to city and county authorities for the new sports facility. Hansen plans to raise US$290m (£180m, 221m) in private sector invest- ment towards the new 18,000-seat arena, while looking to acquire a National Basket- ball Association (NBA) team. A partner will also be sought to recruit a National Hockey
League (NHL) team to play at the venue,
with the remaining US$200m (£124m, 152m) building costs to be met by tax revenues generated by the facility. An agreement stipulates that the scheme must not result in new taxes and that any revenue shortfalls must be met by private funding.
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