The new Altza sports center will open its doors on Wednesday, April 20a couple of months before the last announced dates, just the day it will no longer be mandatory to wear masks indoors.
The start-up of the new municipal sports center will be possible thanks to the fact that the interior equipment, which began to arrive last February, has gone somewhat faster than expected. This was stated this Friday by Donostia Kirola, who recently carried out the first tests of pool fillingafter almost years of construction works, not without complications.
To date, lockers with electronic locks are already installed (a novelty in municipal sports facilities); the separating curtains to divide the sports court into four and at the same time accommodate activities such as basketball or rhythmic gymnastics, the digital video scoreboards (the first municipal installation to have them), the access turnstiles and the music equipment and screens in the meeting rooms activities to offer virtual classes as a complement to face-to-face courses.
The Altza sports center has reached a cost of more than 16 million euros, plus 1.1 for the exterior urbanization and another two million for the exterior swimming pools, still to be built. The interior equipment, meanwhile, has been around 600,000 euros. In total, then, one investment close to 20 million to provide service to one of the most populous neighborhoods of Donostia and nearby towns.
NAO HOUSE GYM
On the other hand, the temporary gym that has been in operation during the construction period in the old Construction Institute in Casa Nao will continue to be open to the public, although with shorter hours. In this case, Donostia Kirola and the Judo Club San Sebastián, which already manages the Anoeta Martial Arts Center, have reached an agreement to keep open this facility that was born for temporary use and is now permanent.
Members of the Kirol Txartela will be able to continue using the gym and, in addition, the Judo Club San Sebastián will have an offer of activities related to martial arts that will complement the activities carried out in the Altza sports center.
This gym will close on Wednesday April 13 to make some adaptations and will reopen on May 2 with schedule smaller than the current one. It will be of 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday and Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
