Incorporating welcoming designs in its construction, the 159,480 square feet multi-purpose centre features a colourful glass front. Inside the centre, it features a triple gymnasium including 36,000 square feet for training, competition and community use, as well as a 10 lane, 50 metre Olympic-sized swimming pool.
Similar to the Pan Am and Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House, the pool features a 12.5 metre movable floor and bulkheads. To meet the accessibility needs of the Centre’s clients, the pool’s length can be altered. Ensuring the highest functionality possible for both community use and as a competitive centre for aquatics, the Markham and Scarborough facilities are bringing three new Olympic-sized pools to the region, more than doubling the current number.
To present the athletes an ideal field of play, the Centre’s field house features 12.5-metre-high clear ceilings, which meets international badminton, volleyball and other sport height requirements. In addition to that the Centre also features several all-purpose rooms, meeting areas and a two-level fitness centre for optimal community use at the 2.4 hectare property at 16 Main St. Unionville.
Upon completion, the facility will host water polo, badminton and table tennis during the Pan Am Games in July 2015, and table tennis competitions during the Parapan Am Games the following month.
The overall project is anticipated to cost $78.52 million and the construction of the Markham Pan Am and Parapan Am Centre will be completed in the summer of 2014.
