New look for £15m Inverurie sports centre revealed

Fresh new designs for a £15 million expansion of an Aberdeenshire sports centre have been unveiled to the public.A public hearing on the proposals, which would transform the Garioch Sports Community Centre in Inverurie, was held yesterday.Scores of people attended the event, which was held throughout the afternoon and into the evening at the centre.The proposals include a new home stadium for Highland League side Inverurie Locos FC.The ground would be open for other teams to use and would be a similar surface to that used by Kilmarnock FC so could accommodate football and rugby.It will also now include three new indoor tennis pitches, after Judy Murray was asked to get involved in the design process.Following an earlier consultation, the Inverurie Sports Development Project and Lippe Architects and Planners decided to build the extension alongside the building rather than construct another floor which had been the initial design.This means the children’s play park would be preserved and the car park would have to be realigned.