Caird Park has been chosen as the location for a multi-million-pound regional performance centre for sport in Dundee.
Dundee City Council and sportscotland will each contribute £5 million to the project originally planned for Camperdown Park which also involves Dundee United and Dundee FC, the two universities, Dundee & Angus College, NHS Tayside and Leisure & Culture Dundee.
Council administration leader Councillor Ken Guild said: “Our partnership group has been working hard on plans for a large scale sports facility in the city which can be open for both performance and community use.
“While Camperdown was the preferred location in our national bid, we feel that Caird Park, which already plays host to a range of sports, is much better suited to the regional model.
“I am delighted that both Dundee FC and Dundee United FC remain involved in the project.”
Sport minister Shona Robison said: “This new state-of-the-art sports centre will be a great asset for athletes but it will also provide some fantastic facilities for the local community in Dundee to help keep people active and energise the legacy of the recent Commonwealth Games.
“I am delighted that we’ve been able to confirm Caird Park as the location for the new centre and all of the partners involved in the project are working extremely hard to see this exciting project come to fruition.” Sportscotland chief executive Stewart Harris said: “At sportscotland we are committed to ensuring that people across Scotland have access to more and better opportunities to make sport a part of an active lifestyle. As part of that aim, we have worked together with our partners in Dundee City Council for a number of years now to develop the facilities on offer throughout the city.”
For more on this story, see Saturday’s Dundee edition of The Courier.