The mayor of TorremolinosMargarita del Cid, announced this Wednesday the construction of a covered sports pavilion in El Pinillo, specifically in the area of El Palmeral; project that is already being worked on and that will have an investment of more than one million euros thanks to the unconditional funds released by the Diputación de Málaga.
At a press conference with the land where this facility is projectedDel Cid, accompanied by the Councilor for Sports, Ramón Alcaide, has highlighted that it is “an ideal area that will allow us to carry out a facility that will surely be much used by local clubs and by Torremolinos to individual title.
“From the first moment we were clear that we had to go for more and better sports equipment”, pointed out Del Cid, who stressed that this project involves “the largest investment in sports in the municipality in more than seven years”. “We are clear about our priorities and, above all, we listen to the neighbors and their requests,” she pointed out.
The projected facilities will host varied sports practices, such as handball, futsal, basketball, mini-basketball, volleyball and badminton, among other; and it will have an adjoining sports court to reconcile the use that the clubs of the municipality will give it with the demand at the user level.
In fact, one of the motivations for proposing this project, the mayor has specified, has been “the need to expand covered sports facilities, an even more accentuated demand after the closure of the San Francisco pavilion”. Similarly, the choice of its location responds to a historical claim by the residents of this El Pinillo area“where there is not a single sports infrastructure“.
The mayor has detailed that working at a very good pace from the Infrastructure Area of the City Council: “We want this project to become a reality as soon as possible”. “Money that we receive from other administrations, money that goes out for public facilities and services. Here nothing is left in a drawer,” warned the highest municipal official.
Finally, Cid underlined the government team’s commitment to sport, “of course as a tourist attraction, because it is a segment that attracts thousands of visitors; but above all, thinking of the people of Torremolinos themselves, so that they have the best quality sports facilities which in turn allows attracting competitions and sports activities of a high level”.
club spaces
The closure of the San Francisco pavilionone of the covered spaces in the municipality for practicing sports, had left many clubs in Torremolinos without a suitable place to carry out their training sessions, especially in the winter months, where the use of outdoor courts is I saw it conditioned by inclement weather or daylight hours.
The intention of the government team is that this new pavilion covers that lackin such a way that the clubs can count on first class facilities for their sports practices.
This investment, he added, is part of a boost to the entire sports infrastructure of Torremolinoseither with new facilities or with the arrangement and modernization of existing ones, “so that the city becomes an attraction for clubs and disciplines from other places, as well as for sports promoters who choose Torremolinos to organize sports competitions”.
