MANCHESTER SPORTCITY

Manchester SportCity

Table of Contents

Manchester SportCity2

Justification2

Literature Review6

Manchester City Council13

Marketing Manchester14

MEN Media15

UK Sport15

Methodology17

Research Method17

Literature Selection Criteria18

Search Technique18

Ethical Summary18

References20

Manchester SportCity

Justification

Manchester's regeneration has been given a multi-million pound boost today alongside the creation of a new ministerial group to support city leaders in bidding for further projects, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said.

Hazel Blears announced that English Partnerships have earmarked around GBP10m to accelerate the delivery of Sportcity, the largest concentration of sporting venues in Europe. The money will be used for site preparation, in order to unlock the huge potential for leisure, commercial and sporting activity and create new jobs. Ideas that have been put forward for the site include a new BMX centre, and extreme sports centre including a snowboarders half-pipe, scuba pool, abseiling and climbing walls as well as a sky-diving simulator and white-water rafting course.

The development of Sportcity is expected to create 1,600 new jobs and will be a key part of East Manchester's wider regeneration drive. The Government is extending the New East Manchester Urban Regeneration Company to 2014, who will invite proposals for the new Sportcity site, and spearhead a series of local regeneration projects, creating a total of 4,000 jobs.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England will also conduct a study into the demand for higher and further education in Manchester.

The Government is also working with councils in Greater Manchester on their plans for a Multi-Area Agreement to be signed this summer to boost jobs, transport, investment and housing through greater co-operation. The ministerial group will be chaired by Ms Blears, and will bring representatives from Manchester City Council together with ministers from the Department of Health, the Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. It will support Manchester city leaders as they progress longer-term projects, including:

An application for the Transport Innovation Fund, to increase capacity of public transport, and reduce congestion in the city

A new Transport Hub to provide increased rail links across the North West, subject to a Network Rail study

Refurbishment of the former Sharp building to house computer gaming company Redvision, and a hub for new games and media businesses

Three new skills academies: on skills, facilities management and digital media.

Manchester City Council is seeking to secure the capacity to license a regional casino and entertainment destination at Sportcity in east Manchester, the home of the largest cluster of sporting facilities in the UK, which represent the legacy of the hugely successful 2002 Commonwealth Games. This proposal is being submitted in the context of continuing public debate over the number of licences to be granted for regional casinos in this first phase of development. However, whether the number remains at one or is increased, the competition between local authorities will be fierce.  

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