Usain Bolt ran 9.91 second 100 meters in 2009 at the Crystal Place track.
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The planned repairs to Crystal Palace National Sports Centre are underway. Sadiq Khan has committed to “Comprehensively redeveloping the site” and making it a world-leading athletics venue.
New Padel courts have recently opened, improvement to the athletics track has begun, and plans for temporary floodlights are being developed.
The improvements
Whilst the total project is expected to be finished by 2028, we can expect some further improvements within the year. By the end of 2024, Mr Khan has promised to:
Reopen the climbing walls in the indoor centre
Repair the athletics track and installing replacement floodlighting
Upgrade the gym
Consider opening pop-up facilities such as a children’s activity centre
Sport Centre to be no longer neglected
When the plans were initially announced, Councillor Yvonne Bear, Executive Councillor for Renewal, Recreation and Housing, welcomed them. She said, “It comes as long overdue, very good news to discover that plans to refurbish the National Sports Centre are finally coming forward, which has been neglected for far too long”.
Sebastian Coe loses out to Mike Boit at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 1977. PHOTO CREDIT: Eamonn McCabe/Popperfoto via Getty Images
What will the repairs achieve?
CEO of a local charity, Peter Bundey, described the benefit the plans would have for the community. He said, “These works will help us ensure that the Centre remains a thriving sports facility at the heart of the local community and will enable us to expand and improve our programming and the range of activities we can offer”.
The Sports Centre is a grade II listed site and, in an early incarnation, hosted 20 FA Cup finals between 1895 and 1914.
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The planned repairs to Crystal Palace National Sports Centre are underway. Sadiq Khan has committed to “Comprehensively redeveloping the site” and making it a world-leading athletics venue.
New Padel courts have recently opened, improvement to the athletics track has begun, and plans for temporary floodlights are being developed.
The improvements
Whilst the total project is expected to be finished by 2028, we can expect some further improvements within the year. By the end of 2024, Mr Khan has promised to:
Reopen the climbing walls in the indoor centre
Repair the athletics track and installing replacement floodlighting
Upgrade the gym
Consider opening pop-up facilities such as a children’s activity centre
Sport Centre to be no longer neglected
When the plans were initially announced, Councillor Yvonne Bear, Executive Councillor for Renewal, Recreation and Housing, welcomed them. She said, “It comes as long overdue, very good news to discover that plans to refurbish the National Sports Centre are finally coming forward, which has been neglected for far too long”.
Sebastian Coe loses out to Mike Boit at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 1977. PHOTO CREDIT: Eamonn McCabe/Popperfoto via Getty Images
What will the repairs achieve?
CEO of a local charity, Peter Bundey, described the benefit the plans would have for the community. He said, “These works will help us ensure that the Centre remains a thriving sports facility at the heart of the local community and will enable us to expand and improve our programming and the range of activities we can offer”.
The Sports Centre is a grade II listed site and, in an early incarnation, hosted 20 FA Cup finals between 1895 and 1914.
