The largest sports complex in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria opens
- Managed by Clece as a joint venture with Estudios Técnicos para el Deporte.
- The facilities cover a surface area of 11,000 square metres, with capacity for up to 9,000 users.
- The centre includes three pools, a spa, a gym covering 700 square metres, three activity rooms and a play centre.
- The project has created 50 direct jobs, with an investment of €3.5 million.
9 June 2014. The Tamaraceite Sports Complex, managed by Clece as part of a temporary joint venture with Estudios Técnicos para el Deporte, has been officially opened by Las Palmas de Gran Canaria city council. The centre has a capacity of up to 9,000 users and is the largest in the city, meeting the area’s sport and leisure needs.
At the official opening event, Juan José Cardona, Mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, declared that the centre “means we have first-class public sport and leisure facilities that will benefit not just those who live nearby but many others who will be drawn to the centre from other neighbourhoods.”
For Javier Román Hernando, Managing Director of Clece, “this is a long-awaited project in Las Palmas, that makes the benefits of sport more available to a greater number of people, and is also a source of employment and wealth in the area.” As the company awarded the contract, Clece has made an an investment of €3.3 million in the centre and created 50 new jobs, “12 of which, 24 per cent in total, are contracts with people from socially vulnerable groups, which goes to show the social commitment of Clece to promoting employment and equal opportunities”, commended Javier Román.
The event was attended by, among other dignitaries, the delegate for the Central Government in the Canaries, María del Carmen Hernández; the Vice-Chairman and Councillor for Public Works and Infrastructures of the Canaries Island Council, Carlos Alberto Sánchez Ojeda; the Councillor and Chairwoman of the Tamaraceite district, Carmen Guerra Guerra; and the Councillor for Sport for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, Carlos Ester.
Facilities and programmes that mark the difference
The new centre has a total surface area of 11,000 square metres and capacity for between 7,500 and 9,000 users, depending on how the facilities are used. The centre is split into two levels, with the lower level containing three pools, a feature that sets it apart from other complexes. One is a 25-metre swimming pool, another is a hydrotherapy pool, and the third pool is for water aerobics. The lower level also has a physiotherapy room and sauna, as well as the changing rooms.
The upper floor features a 700-square-metre gym and various rooms that can be used for different activities, such as spinning or aerobics. The centre contains the very latest technology and sports equipment, such as 105 different machines in the fitness room, and 45 indoor spinning bikes. The facilities are rounded off with child-minding and play centre rooms.
Together with first-rate facilities, the complex also has a full and innovative programme designed for the whole family, including up to 65 different activities, divided into categories such as aquatic activities, choreographed activities such as Zumba and aerobics, and body-and-mind activities.
The Tamaraceite sports complex is a landmark for the Clece Group and its growing activity in the Canary Islands, where the group currently employs 4,000 people.