Sports Facility Development Plan (10 years) - Brimbank City Council

Strategy 1.3: Develop new sports facilitiesIn addition to the measures outlined above, a Regional Multi-sports Facility is alsorequired to accommodate local community sporting needs.Priority actionsDevelopment of a regional multi-sports facilityThis facility is necessary for the following reasons:As described earlier, there are numerous single field reserves in the south ofBrimbank that provide for smaller sporting clubs, casual use and developmentpathways. A regional multi-sports facility would give the sports clubs and groupscurrently using single field sites the opportunity to further develop by moving to alarger, regional venue with a range of sporting facilities. This would free up thesingle fields for groups that currently do not have access to sports facilities andallow growth in casual sport participation.A regional multi-sports facility would accommodate a range of sports at the onelocation and provide for various levels of competition.Sports such as tennis, basketball and netball, which tend to operate from a sitewith multiple courts, could be located at the regional facility.A regional multi-sport facility would provide Council with the ability to provideplaying surfaces that are flexible in use and capable of supporting modified sportssuch as futsal. The facility could also cater for lower profile sports such asvolleyball.A regional multi-sports facility could accommodate a ‘premier league’ standardsoccer venue. This venue could be used for competition by the clubs in Brimbankthat participate in the premier league competition. The venue would:remove the pressure to develop higher standard facilities, such as grandstandsand media boxes, at the local reserves that are currently used for premierleague competitionreduce the neighbourhood amenity issues which arise from the staging ofpremier league games at local reserves in residential areasA regional multi-sports facility should have the following attributes:accessible to the majority if not the whole of the municipalitysupporting infrastructure to cater for a large number of participants at the onetime, including access to public transport, ample car parking, seating, lighting,toilets, shade etc.SPORTS FACILITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN48