Fuengirola starts €49m Los Boliches megapark as demolition begins

Demolition crews have moved onto the old Santa Fe-Antonio Basilio site in Los Boliches, opening Fuengirola’s costliest public works job to date. The Town Hall has budgeted over €48 thousand for a three-storey underground car park, a rebuilt sports ground and a new courthouse on the same plot.

Mayor Ana Mula made an appearance with various councillors to watch the first walls come down. She told local residents she had promised parking, a proper stadium and an end to cramped courtrooms scattered around town. “Today we start this job by knocking down what is here now,” she said.

1,070 spaces planned under Los Boliches

Three basement levels will take 1,070 cars once the concrete is poured. The site area will grow from just over 13,000 square metres to about 14,500 by taking in part of Calle Francisco Rivera Paquirri. A joint venture between Vialterra Infraestructuras and Urbasur Actividades y Servicios won the contract after shaving both price and timetable. Technical drawings have three months; building work then runs 29 months.

Contractors offered an extra: open the car park to the public as soon as those floors are ready, even if the stadium and courts are still a building site. That should take pressure off Los Boliches streets, where finding a space has long been a summer headache. Official details are on the Fuengirola town hall site.

New pitch, pavilions and a rooftop pool

A football pitch will be turned 90 degrees. Covered hockey and volleyball halls get a rebuild, plus a third multi-use sports hall. Stands, changing rooms, stores, a cafe, a first-aid room, a classroom, and public loos all go in. The roof of the block carries a 312.5-square-metre outdoor pool for a splashing around, not for competition.

Courts get their own door

More than 7,000 square metres of courtroom space will pull together services now spread across several buildings. Access sits apart from the sports side after the deal signed with Andalucia’s Justice department. The Junta says that on that agreement are here. Mula called it Fuengirola’s biggest spend, paid for by residents’ taxes and “Modelo Fuengirola” bookkeeping. Train upgrades on the Malaga–Fuengirola line are another piece of the same mobility picture.