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Nadal’s new sports complex
SPANISH tennis legend Rafa Nadal has chosen Malaga to build one of his big sports clubs. This fantastic news was announced on Friday, March 31 and has been greeted with great excitement in the Costa del Sol capital and throughout the province.
The star from Manacor on Mallorca reached an agreement with the developer Sierra Blanca Estates to make this project a reality. It will be located next to the Palacio de los Deportes Jose Maria
NORDIC walkers in Marbella are warming up for an exciting outdoors event. The Marbella Nordic Walk Weekend is set to bring more than 250 lovers of the sport together for three days at the end of April.
Last year’s march was a massive success, bringing the sport closer to new fans and this year, the city council is proud to be sponsoring the event through the Marca Marbella programme.
Martin Carpena and the Athletics Stadium ‘Ciudad de Malaga’. This is an area of the city with an already clear sporting impact, as the Inacua complex is also very close by.
Malaga’s new complex will be the first Rafa Nadal Club to be established outside the Balearic Islands. It will have 33,000m² of facilities, incorporating a tennis and paddle tennis club and a school.
The centre will also have an underground car park to compensate for the parking spaces that would be lost in the area with its construction. This is a project that, if carried out definitively, will give a great boost to this area of the capital of Malaga.
“The future Rafa Nadal Club de Malaga planned by Sierra Blanca Estates would incorporate semicovered clay courts, outdoor hard courts, numerous paddle tennis courts, a central court with stands to host sporting events, an outdoor swimming pool,” said the promoters of the sports complex.
Step up to challenge
Manuel Cardeña, the councillor for Sports, and Juan Prieto, the event organiser excitedly shared some further details about the event at a launch on Monday, April 3. The event will feature a competition that will include a club championship and a national ranking event, with top walking athletes from all over Andalucia competing.
