FA funding deal kicks off £150m National Football Centre

Building work will soon begin on a £150m National Football Centre in Burton after the Football Association unanimously approved funding for the facility. The FA’s Board formally endorsed the work schedule for St George’s Park with construction work set to begin in January and completion expected in the summer of 2012. St George’s Park will be home to a workforce of 1,400 FA coach educators, who in turn will train in the region of 250,000 coaches by 2018. Colliers International has been advising on the project which the FA will fund itself. FA board member and chairman of the National Football Centre board David Sheepshanks said: “St George’s Park will be a world-class facility providing top-class education for future generations of English football coaches. “It will also be an internationally-leading sports medicine and performance research centre; a training home to enhance international team development and an inspirational hub for everyone involved in football from the grassroots to elite. “Today’s decision means that we can open in 2012 and help to deliver the first exciting legacy of a golden summer for sport in this country. St George’s Park will be accessible to all, aspirational, educational, sustainable and iconic – a truly national centre for our national game, in the heart of England.” nick.whitten@estatesgazette.com To access all EGi news stories and commercial property data sign up for a free trial today, or visit the subscription options page to find out more.