MILTON KEYNES INTERNATIONAL SPORTING CITY Prepared for the ISC Steering Group FIRST REPORT (Final Version) January 2011 Nortoft Partnerships Limited 2 Green Lodge Barn, Nobottle, Northampton NN7 4HD Tel: 01604 586526 Fax: 01604 587719 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.nortoft.co.uk planning • regeneration • health • sport • leisure • events TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 Background and brief 7 Examples of International Sporting Cities 8 Existing facilities 8 Elite and performance sport 8 Financial viability 9 Tourism 9 Regeneration 9 International Sporting City for MK 11 Supporting the wider agenda 11 Sports participation and health 11 Inward investment and economic prosperity 12 Jobs and employment 13 Event income 14 Health and social savings 15 Wider economic benefits 17 The Delivery Strategies 17 Refresh of the Sport and Leisure Strategy 17 Refresh of the Sports Development Strategy 17 MK Events Strategy 18 International Sporting City within SEMLEP 19 The ISC objectives 21 CURRENT PICTURE 24 Sporting Needs 24 Sport and Leisure Strategy Refresh 24 Supply and demand – current and future 25 Swimming pools, sports halls, and artificial grass pitches 28 Swimming Pools 28 Sports Halls 28 Artificial Grass Pitches 31 Natural turf pitches 32 Cricket 32 Football 32 Rugby 33 Sporting Need – Performance Level 33 Badminton 33 Baseball/Softball 34 Basketball 34 Cricket 35 Football (training base camp and stadium) 35 Rugby 36 Nortoft Partnerships Ltd International Sporting City Page 2 of 78 First Report (Final Version) January 2011 Cycling 36