Marbella announces plans for €15M sports facilities

MARBELLA Council has announced plans for the new Antonio Lorenzo Cuevas Municipal Stadium sports facilities.

The council said the new stadium will go ahead as part of a plan to improve sports facilities in Marbella.
Marbella council will put out a tender for ideas for the new stadium and the Mayor of Marbella, Angeles Muñoz said that the plans also include improving the underground parking following an investment of nearly €15 million.
She said the council want an, “infrastructure in accordance with the sports needs of the municipality.”
She added that the council had been working on the stadium, carrying out a contest to look into the building’s structural condition.
She said: “After this report, it has been decided on the one hand to rehabilitate the underground parking area, with an investment of €3.5 million, and the demolition and reconstruction of the sports facility, with a budget of €11 million.”
Mayor Muñoz said: “We will have an emblematic, innovative and essential infrastructure for our sport.”
She explained that bidders must meet a series of criteria for the plans, among which is that the facilities have a capacity for 10,000 people.
She said: “It must also have a covered and approved indoor athletics track, as well as a gym.”
She added: “Although we will seek European funds and public-private partnerships, the management will be entirely municipal.”
Mayor Muñoz  also thanked those involved in the stadium, as well as the Department for Sports.

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