According to Riccione Civica, the conditions for establishing a real sports district are all there. Open reflections for the management of sports facilities. Elia Campagna explains the position for Riccione Civica. “It is sufficient to network the management of each of the available facilities, which are really numerous – he writes in a note -. In fact, the sports that can be practiced are, in alphabetical order: athletics, baseball; basketball; beach tennis; bowls; football and five-a-side football ; cycling; nautical center; go karting; road race modeling; various gyms; Olympic outdoor and indoor swimming pool; boxing; softball; squash; tennis; skating; sailing “.
Many of these sports take place in mainly public structures, and bring hundreds of thousands of tourist presences, out of the bathing season. Furthermore, they are a service and a fundamental resource for residents, including young people in particular, who must recover their motor activity, lost or reduced both for the sometimes exaggerated use of electronic devices, and for the prolonged state of lockdown. “To implement their business, however, these plants have urgent need for ordinary and extraordinary maintenance – explains Riccione Civica -. The expenditure must be foreseen and included in the three-year investment plan, for at least 1.5 million euros per year for at least 3 years. Funds needed both for maintenance and to transform the Nicoletti center, the swimming pool, the play hall, the tennis court, the squash and the bowling green into a unicum (with the benefits that, also for institutional relational purposes with the National Federations , would bring), which will be recovered in part from the tourist tax. But without neglecting the huge resources that can be intercepted by regional, state and European calls, sources for which the outgoing administration has never shown particular interest, losing very interesting opportunities ” .
