According to Newindianexpress.com reports, a sports city is coming on more than 50 acres of land in Kochi. It will include a number of facilities, namely outdoor and indoor courts, health and fitness facilities, a spa, a clubhouse and a high-altitude training facility.
The Rs 2000 crore project will be built under private ownership on land located between National Highway-544 and the Seaport-Airport Road.
District Collector Held a Meeting
On Friday (23 Sep 2022), Ernakulam District Collector Renu Raj met with representatives from several departments and key stakeholders to assess the state of the sports city project. The meeting was attended by Ernakulam MLA T J Vinod, GCDA Chairman K Chandran Pillai, GCDA Secretary Abdul Malik, and ADM S Shajahan.
An official announcement stated,
The sports city will come up in an area of 50 acres with an investment of Rs. 2,000 crore,
A sports city project was reportedly funded in 2016 by a group of private capitalists headed by cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
However, it failed for a number of reasons, including a lack of financial assistance. It was intended to be built on a 25-acre land near the Aroor-Edappally bypass.
In January 2020, hockey star P R Sreejesh also announced a ‘sports city’ on a two-acre land in Infopark Phase-2. The sports city will have an artificial football turf and a roller-skating facility.
In its second phase, Sreejesh’s Sports City will have:
- 10 world-class badminton courts
- Basketball court
- Table tennis
- Billiards and snooker tables.
Ernakulam district administration has not stated any time frame for the development of the sports city project.
