Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre

Coordinates: 37°54′57″S 145°03′37″E / 37.91587°S 145.060247°E / -37.91587; 145.060247

Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre
Address 200 East Boundary Road, East Bentleigh
Postcode 3165
Opened 7th of May 2012
Operator Glen Eira City Council
Owner Glen Eira City Council
Architect Mantric
Former names East Bentleigh Swimming Pool
Cost $44 million dollars [1]
Website GESAC
Facilities
25 metre Indoor Pool, 50 metre Outdoor Pool, Two Water slides, Leisure Pool, Hot Water Pool, Spa, Sauna, Steam room, Gymnasium, 4 group exercise studios, 3 court indoor sports stadium, childcare centre, cafe, consulting suites.[2]

Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre (GESAC) is an aquatic centre that was developed by Hansen Yuncken and is owned by City of Glen Eira. It is a rival to Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre as it is contains a 50-metre outdoor pool, 25 metre indoor pool, water slides, leisure pools, gymnasium and a stadium. It is being constructed for the cost of $44m dollars.

It is the first indoor pool in Glen Eira.

History

In 2009, construction was approved and the pool had started to develop. It was scheduled to open in the summer of 2011-2012 but due to errors by the constructors the pool was opened on Monday the 7th of May at 6:00am[3][4]

References

  1. "Hansen Yuncken Projects". Hansen Yuncken. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. "Facilities". GESAC. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  3. "GESAC Opened". GESAC. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  4. "History of GESAC". Glen Eira City Council. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

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