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Sports wants to expand the municipal schools in the indoor arena
Torrevieja's Councillor for Sports,
Pablo Samper announced that one of the
priority issues of his department is to
unlock the final work required to open
the new Multipurpose Pavillion which
was started but not finished by the
previous municipal government. The
building is located beside the Pavilion
Cecilio Gallego, in the City Sports. Samper
reported that last July, the company
awarded the final phase of the new
sports arena, had to be sanctioned by the
City for "breach of contract" and that
currently most of the problems for
completion "are bureaucratic so we hope
we can solve this soon as possible."
The intention is that when completed,
this new space will further expand the
number of municipal sports schools. This
issue was raised a few days ago, when
there was the offer from Club Taekwondo
Torrevieja's Director Domingo Gómez,
opened a new school for the practice of
this sport among young people but
noted that many left the sport after
starting in lower grades for lack of
somewhere to practice. Pablo Samper
said that one of his purposes is to study
the creation of this and other municipal
schools, but first they must complete the
pavilion. The facility has two floors that
will house three multipurpose rooms of
over 200 square meters each, and 400
square meters in an area specially
prepared under the specific conditions
for practicing rhythmic gymnastics and
other sports.
Sited on what was the old tennis
courts beside the Municipal Cecilio
Gallego Pavilion (with the Blue Roof ) this
new multipurpose pavilion was expected
to be ready for use in 2011 for summer
activities and be able to cater for
upwards of 2,000 participants on
a daily basis. This latest addition
has a surface area of 1,850 square
meters and a construction budget
of €1,110,475. The company
tasked with the construction is
GUIFERSOL SA. In essence, the
performance area inside the
arena is slightly bigger than the
tennis court area that it is
replacing. The area is specifically
designed to accommodate sports such as
gymnastics, rhythmic aerobics, Tai Chi,
Yoga, Pilates, Body-combat and ballroom
dance plus a large gymnastics mat that
covers an area of more than 300 square
meters. Adjoining the main sports rooms
is a physiotherapy clinic with six massage
areas, an consultation office, waiting
room, toilets and storage, along with a
service area for male and female
costumes and an equipment store.
The building has uniqueness in the
design of the new Multipurpose Sports
Pavilion, which has a novel metal and
glass structure, taking up space on the
defunct basketball court, linking the new
building with the ‘Pavilion Cecilio Gallego’
as well as a modern vertical garden of 150
square surface meters. Deputy of the
Costa Blanca Tourist Board, Eduardo
Dolon said that Torrevieja was becoming
a leader in the area of sports and it was
fantastic to be able to offer residents,
visitors and competing teams, not one
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