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Christchurch Metro Sport Facility
Christchurch City Council / Crown · Canterbury
New indoor multi-sport facility at Orangetheory Stadium precinct, Christchurch. Includes 50m swimming pool, courts, gym, and event spaces. Part of Christchurch's post-earthquake recovery. Construction underway.
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90/100 · Very likely to proceed
Completion Probability — likelihood this proceeds on roughly its stated timeline.
Funding statusweight 30%
Delivery stageweight 25%
Election / policy riskweight 20%
Govt priority alignmentweight 12%
Project scaleweight 8%
Delivery agencyweight 5%
Key facts
- Region
- Canterbury
- Sector
- Other
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- $280m
- Indicative completion
- 2025
- Funding status
- Fully Funded
- Lead organisation
- Christchurch City Council / Crown
- Election risk
- Safe
Election risk assessment
Under construction, bipartisan, community facility.
Government priority alignment
LOW — Locally led community facility — outside central government priorities.
Chronology
- 2013Christchurch anchor project programme identifies metro sport facility as anchor project
- 2019Council approves funding and design for Otakaro precinct facility
- 2021Detailed design finalised. Construction contracts awarded
- 2022Construction begins on 50m pool and courts complex
- 2025Expected completion and public opening