Enhancing Everyday Sports Welfare! ... Groundbreaking of Neighborhood-Type National Sports Center in Haedo-dong, Pohang-si

Groundbreaking Targeted for 2025 Opening ... Total Project Cost 11.9 Billion KRW, 3-Story Building

Facilities Including Fitness Testing Room, Exercise Therapy Room, Multipurpose Gymnasium Reflecting Residents' Opinions

Mayor Lee Gang-deok, "

Pohang City held a groundbreaking ceremony on the 30th for the construction of the ‘Haedo-dong Neighborhood Living-Type National Sports Center’ to expand opportunities for citizens to participate in everyday sports and improve their quality of life.

The neighborhood-oriented national sports center in Haedo-dong, whose groundbreaking ceremony was held on the 30th.

The Haedo-dong Neighborhood Living-Type National Sports Center is a sports facility designed for convenient use in daily life. With a total project cost of 11.9 billion KRW, including the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s sports fund, it aims to open in 2025.

Amid high interest from residents, the sports center, which broke ground on this day, will be built on a total floor area of 2,421㎡ across three above-ground floors. It will feature a health management room for basic fitness assessments and exercise therapy, as well as a multipurpose gymnasium suitable for various sports programs such as table tennis and badminton, and will be constructed in the Haedo-dong area of Nam-gu.

This project was selected in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s design competition in 2022 and reflects diverse opinions from residents in its detailed design to meet citizen demand. As a customized national sports center, it is expected to greatly contribute to improving the sports welfare of local residents through its use as a community sports facility.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok stated, “I hope the Haedo-dong Neighborhood Living-Type National Sports Center will serve as a role model for resident-tailored national sports centers and bring a fresh wave of health to the region.” He added, “We will strive to build sports infrastructure that creates a sports environment everyone can enjoy together, enabling all citizens to lead healthy lives.”

Pohang City is focusing administrative efforts on building related infrastructure so that citizens can conveniently use sports facilities in their daily lives. In March, the Songdo Living-Integrated National Sports Center, which began construction in January 2022, is scheduled to be completed.

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