Mildura Sporting Precinct Opening
The Mildura Sporting Precinct (formerly known as the Mildura South Regional Sporting Precinct) was officially opened on Friday, 10 December 2021. The opening now sees Stage One facilities operational, including a six-court indoor stadium with multi-purpose rooms, function spaces and café. Next to the new indoor centre is a regional standard outdoor playing field with change facilities and lighting to [...]
City of Melville Tennis Strategy
We are currently working with the City of Melville on a Tennis Strategy, which will guide the current and future provision of the City’s tennis facilities and infrastructure over the next 20 years. The City of Melville will be the first local government in Western Australia to prepare a standalone Tennis Strategy. Our role has involved engagement with the local [...]
Ensuring the right legacy for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Otium Planning Group Director Jason Leslie has contributed an article to the current issue of the Australasian Leisure Management Magazine on the importance of maximising legacy outcomes for the post-Games use of facilities built for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The current issue of the Australasian Leisure Management magazine can be viewed here: https://issuu.com/ausleisure97/docs/australasian_leisure_management_issue_146_2021
Funding Success for Hunter Region Sports Centre Expansion
We congratulate Lake Macquarie City Council on their success in securing $10M through the Building Better Regions Fund for the Hunter Region Sports Centre Expansion project. Otium Planning Group has more than four years project support history having originally been engaged by Council in 2017 to undertake a business feasibility study and prepare a capital works funding strategy to identify [...]
Enabling the Legacy Objective of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games
Following the exciting announcement that Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Otium Planning Group has partnered with MR Cagney, APP and Moda Consulting to offer specialist advice to Government and Games planners on legacy, infrastructure planning, design and management for sporting facilities and transport infrastructure. Government and Games planners have made a commitment to deliver an integrated [...]
Change of Directors as Otium Planning Group Expands
Dave Lanfear Mike King After nearly six years in the role, Mike King has decided to resign as a Director of Otium Planning Group at the end of June 2021. Following a break for some well-earned long service leave, he will move into a role as Senior Associate allowing him to bring his expertise and project [...]