Hutt City Council Seeks New Operator for Ricoh Sports Centre

Hutt City Council (Council) is seeking a new operator for the Council-owned Ricoh Sports Centre at Fraser Park in Lower Hutt. Fraser Park is Lower Hutt's largest recreational sports ground set on 27 hectares of land in the heart of the Hutt Valley.

The Ricoh Sports Centre was built to be a regional and community, multi-use facility featuring a large indoor training area, bar and caf�, a large event area (which can be split into two), five meeting rooms/office spaces and six international standard squash courts.

The facility was built by the Hutt City Community Facilities Trust (established and run by Council) in 2018 to operate as a �sportsville� (sporting hub), providing shared clubrooms and other amenity for eight local clubs, and to support the hosting of regional and national sports events at Fraser Park.

Additionally, the adjacent artificial turf and spaces in the facility are currently regularly hired by a number of commercial and community groups, which both provides a revenue stream and supports community wellbeing. This includes hosting conferences and weddings. The current tenants, Fraser Park Sportsville Inc, is ending its tenancy on 30 September, 2024.