Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre
Client
Rau Paenga (formerly Ōtākaro) and Christchurch City Council (New Zealand)
Status
Under construction, due to open late 2025
Otium’s Role
- Business Case, including detailed financial operating model and management structure.
- Development of facility component schedules to guide the development of the architectural brief.
- Ongoing Stakeholder engagement to guide facility component schedules.
- Engagement with Sport New Zealand through the development of the key facility components to support high performance and national sporting bodies.
- Ongoing advisor to the Design Team.
- Functional and operational imperatives.
- Community sport requirements.
- High performance sport training requirements.
- Event overlays at a regional, national and international level.
Estimated Capital Cost
$365 million
Project Challenges/Key Learnings
- Addressing multiple stakeholder needs
- Balance between community and elite sport training needs.
- Design implications to support the facility as an event centre.
Community Benefits
Contemporary sport and recreation facility that supports community participation, elite training and national and international competition.