Bacchus Marsh is home to a new aquatic and recreation centre.
On Tuesday the first stage of the Moorabool centre was opened to the public.
The multi million dollar facility was built to help deal with the boom of indoor sports in the local area. With the new stadium being a welcome new venue for the fast-growing community and features four courts marked for multiple sports including basketball, netball, volleyball, and futsal.
The stadium is also home to new accessible change facilities, administration areas and office, umpires’ and referees’ rooms, two multipurpose rooms, meeting rooms, a function room and kitchen, 118 car spaces and accessible shared pathways.
The new facility will help harvest the more than 1900 players in the local Bacchus Marsh basketball and netball associations, who will be able to use the new courts for training, development and to host the big events.
The new venue is also available to school sports, futsal and other indoor sports looking to establish teams and competitions in the area.
Moorabool Shire mayor Ally Munari said she was pleased to be able to open the centre and said she was looking forward to welcoming the community to the “great” sporting facility in the new year.
“The new indoor stadium is a fantastic state-of-the-art facility for Bacchus Marsh locals. The stadium provides a great new space for locals to take their game to the next level and to host big events,” Eureka MP Michaela Settle said.
