SPLASH PALACE BUSINESS CASE & IMPACT ASSESSMENT BUSINESS CASE EVALUATION FOR ESTABLISHING A FITNESS GYM AT SPLASH PALACE AND THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT ON EXISTING PROVIDERS APRIL 2016 Impact Consulting & Accounting | www.impactconsulting.co.nz | April 2016 1 Contact Details: Impact Consulting & Accounting Ltd (03) 477 8777 www.impactconsulting.co.nz
[email protected] Impact Consulting & Accounting | www.impactconsulting.co.nz | April 2016 2 1 Executive Summary Invercargill City Council has a number of aspirational goals for their community as a whole. Two core objectives of a healthy vibrant community, are more people being active, with facilities that meet the needs of the community. With a view towards developing and maintain facilities infrastructure as economically as possible, this report addresses the viability of including a fitness gym as part of a wider pool foyer and changing room upgrade, and assesses the impact on existing fitness gym providers. The pool gym will have a focus on entry level programmes, rather than the level of specialist services offered by existing facilities. The brief given for this project requested an impartial assessment of the impact of the proposed gym facility on existing business. BUSINESS CASE From a financial and demand perspective this project is deemed viable. Without the proposed gym, the much needed redevelopment pool changing and reception facilities would cost $1.34M and would be entirely rate payer funded. Inclusion of the proposed gym would increase the project capital cost to $2.14M and is projected to enable the project as a whole to be rates-neutral or self-funding. Research indicates there is sufficient demand to ensure that the proposed facility will cover operational costs, as well as the debt servicing for the redevelopment.