Our team members have been involved in major projects for the provision of basketball facilities in Victoria and New South Wales. In Victoria, Otium was appointed by Knox City Council to develop a usage demand and financial model for the potential expansion of the State Basketball Centre at the Knox Regional Sports Park. A review [...]
The Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works, Sport and Recreation Services appointed Otium Planning Group to undertake a Venues Strategy and Venue Master Plans for five venues. The Department, through SRS, is responsible for “ensuring that Queenslanders lead active and healthy lifestyles through participation in physical activity.” The SRS venues provide a range of [...]
Otium Planning Group is very excited to announce the appointment of Bruce Mackay to head up our new Operational Management Support and Advisory Services unit. Bruce will commence in late October, and is regarded as one of Australia’s leading venue managers in the aquatics and leisure industry having been CEO of both Western Leisure Services, incorporating AquaPulse and Eagle Stadium, [...]
Otium Planning Group Pty Ltd welcomes the 13 April announcement by Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Sport John Eren confirming it will commit $10 million to assist in developing the home of Melbourne Victory’s W-League as well as its Academy squads. The facilities, which will be located at Maribyrnong’s Footscray Park and Robert Barrett [...]
Kate Maddock, Managing Director of Otium Planning Group Pty Ltd, congratulates Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Sport John Eren for the recently announced $64.6 million upgrade of the Victorian State Netball and Hockey Centre (SHNC). Otium Planning Group has assisted Development Victoria and Sport and Recreation Victoria with business planning and facility operational modelling [...]
The NSW Office of Sport has been working with the sport and active recreation sector to design a new regional sport delivery model for sport and active recreation services across NSW. The Modernising and Optimising Our Services (MOOS) Project is a place-based approach to planning, investment and delivery of sport and active recreation. The proposed [...]
The Northern Sydney Region Organisation of Councils (NSROC) comprises seven Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the northern part of Sydney which have voluntarily come together to address regional issues, work co-operatively for the benefit of the region, and advocate on agreed regional positions and priorities. The member councils are Hornsby, Hunters Hill, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, [...]
Otium Planning Group (OPG) has been working with Federation Council on options for the future redevelopment of the Corowa Swim Centre. In January 2018, OPG presented Council a number of redevelopment options for the swimming pool and Council selected three options for further review. As part of the community consultation process for the project, the [...]
Otium Planning Group (OPG) has been appointed by Volleyball Victoria to prepare a State Facility Plan for their sport. The aim of the project is to develop a state-wide facility plan that supports both anecdotal and direct evidence for the need to improve facilities for volleyball participants, access to existing facilities, secure a presence in [...]
Otium Planning Group Associate, Jason Leslie, recently had a chat with ABC Wide Bay about the challenges of marketing in this new age of sport and recreation. Click below to listen to the interview.
