June 13th, 2016
Febuary 10th, 2015
The City of Edmonton announced that is it officially dropping its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Despite the announcement, the Coronation Recreation Centre Project is to still go ahead.
More information here:
December 1st 2014 - Council Approves Coronation Recreation Centre Project
City Council voted 13-0 in favor of a motion that the Coronation Recreation Centre be added to the 2015 - 2018 Capital Budget as follows:
- Design completion in 2017 for $1.45M, funded by the Argyll Velodrome Association and the Edmonton Triathlon Academy.
- Construction to take place between 2018 and 2020.
The drawings for the project are currently 65% complete and will require the Cycling (Argyll Velodrome Association) and Triathlon (Edmonton Triathlon Academy) to provide the first $1.45M of their $20M commitment to finish the drawings so that construction can begin in 2018. This would allow the building to be complete in 2020. The total project is expected to cost $112M.
Some news clips:
October 31st 2012
Council approved 4.2 million dollars, on October 31st, 2012, for design work of the Coronation Recreation Centre. These monies allow the administration to prepare a RFP for architects and engineers and then begin the design of the project. It also sets up the project to be capitalized in the next three year City of Edmonton budget scheduled to be tabled in the fall of 2014 and beginning on January 1, 2015.
Some News clips:
- Edmonton Journal - following the October 9th, 2012 meeting approving the project
- Global News on the October 9th, 2012 meeting
- Edmonton Journal coverage following the budget meeting October 31st, 2012
New updates to come...
