The Blackpool Cup, attracting football teams from across Europe, has secured a new five-year deal. This success follows multi-million pound investment in council-run sports facilities like the £6m Common Edge Community Sports Village.
A new five-year deal has been agreed for the Blackpool Cup which attracts football teams from across Europe to the town. The event is just one of the successes following recent multi-million-pound investment in council-run sports facilities .
Martin Cardwell, operations manager for Blackpool Council leisure services, said since launching there had been 90,000 visits to the Common Edge facilities – which are also used by Blackpool Football Club’s under-21 academy squad.He told a meeting of the council’s Tourism, Economy and Communities Scrutiny Committee: “There is another five-year deal in place now for the Blackpool Cup, with three tournaments per year from 2026. It is a great event which is helping bookings at hotels etc.
More than 400 youth teams and over 12,500 people attended the Blackpool Cup tournaments held at the Common Edge Community Sports Village during Easter and May Day bank holiday weekends this year. Mr Cardwell added parking issues at the site would also be resolved with a 41-space overflow car park due to open on the weekend of October 12/13, adding to the existing 194-space car park.
Other investments include a £500,000 new 3G pitch at Stanley Park, and £200,000 invested by the Lawn Tennis Association into tennis courts at four sites across the borough. A £30,000 upgrade of netball courts at Stanley Park is also due to take place next March.
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