The City of Airdrie looks to welcome more recreation opportunities with the addition of a new recreation centre. Airdrie's population has seen significant growth and current recreation facilties are often operating at capacity during prime-time hours. In response, a quarter section of land was purchased in 2018 in partnership with Mattamy Homes and Rocky View School Division. The City acquired a 20.85 per cent share of the land for a new multi-purpose recreation centre to be located at the corner of Southwinds Boulevard and Southwinds Drive.
Year | timeline step |
---|---|
2018 | Land acquisition |
2021-2022 | Indoor and Outdoor Community Recreation Needs Assessment |
2023 | Core amenity mix selection |
2024 - 2025 | Site master planning engagement |
2025 | Project and site master planning |
2025-2026 | Centre design |
2026-2028 | Master site and Phase I construction |
Late 2028 | Phase I opens to the public |
2030-2032 | Phase II opens to the public |
2033-2035 | Phase III opens to the public |
2018 - Land is acquired in partnership with Mattamy Homes and Rocky View School Division at Southwinds Boulevard and Southwinds Drive.
2021/2022 - The City of Airdrie commissions GEC Architecture and HarGroup Management Consultants Inc. to conduct the Indoor and Outdoor Recreation Needs Assessment Study.
2023 - City Council approves a thematic option focusing on the broadest community voiced needs for Phase I of the centre.
2024 - The City commissions GGA Architecture to develop a functional program and site master plan.
November 2024 - Sport user group engagement conducted to inform site master planning
Council reviewed The Southwest Recreation Facility Pathway Forward For Airdrie: Phased Approach to Development of Facility Components and Amenities Summary Report (PDF). The report presented two thematic options for Phase I of the new centre: broadest community voiced needs and priorities or a sports focused use. On June 5, 2023, Council approved the recommendation of the Community Services Advisory Board (CSAB) to build the new SW recreation centre with an amenity focus that addresses the broadest community voiced needs and priorities found in the Indoor and Outdoor Recreation Needs Assessment Study. As such, Phase I of the centre will include leisure pools, a 25 m lane pool, fitness centre, supporting spaces and potential family play spaces.
On February 5, 2024, Council reviewed a report, titled Arena Analysis Within SW Recreation Multi-Use Facility (PDF), for consideration of seating capacity arrangements at the future arenas and the impact to the over all site master plan for the centre.
In February 2025, Administration will invite residents to share their anticipated uses of the future SW Recreation Centre to aid in the creation of a site master plan. This information will be used alongside input from local sports groups, internal reviews and previous engagement to guide site master plan options to be taken before Council in Q2 2025. The endorsement by Council of a final site master plan will ultimately inform the scope of future design work and budget for all three phases of the SW Recreation Centre.
In 2021, GEC Architecture and HarGroup Management Consultants Inc. were commissioned by the City to conduct the Indoor and Outdoor Recreation Needs Assessment Study as part of the initial planning for a new multi-purpose recreation facility and regional park within the community. Information gathered for the study involved input from residents and stakeholders to understand the community's use of current recreation facilties. This information will be used to determine amenity interests and community expectations.