Basketball Projects
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 of the demand for basketball [...]
Department of Sport and Recreation Venues Strategy
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 opportunities for people of all [...]
New Era for Otium Planning Group
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, and Peninsula Leisure, incorporating the [...]
Melbourne Victory secures funding for Academy site
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 Reserve will provide the club’s [...]
Record Investment in Women’s and Community Sport
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 for the project and the [...]
NSW Regional Sports Hub Model
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 regional operating model seeks to [...]