McLaren Construction has landed a major deal to build Leicester City's new state-of-the-art training centre.

The Premier League football team will be boosted with a host of new facilities, including 11 full-size outdoor pitches, eight smaller pitches, five training grids and two goalkeeping areas. The indoor facilities include 35 bedrooms, a hydrotherapy pool, rehabilitation facilities and dining areas for the club's academy and first team, as well as administration offices and a media centre. A full-size indoor artificial pitch will also be located next to the main building.

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The development will also contain a a sports turf academy, to train the next generation of grounds-people, and a 499-seat mini-venue show pitch, so that the under-23 and under-18 teams can experience a match environment.

Principal contractor McLaren will complete the project on the grounds of the former Park Hill Golf and Fishing Centre at Charnwood, supporting biodiversity with the delivery of 17 new ponds and 38,000 new trees.

Kevin Taylor, Chairman of McLaren Group, said: "We are very excited to work on this prestigious project. It's a wonderful opportunity to partner with Leicester City to create a facility that will help to shape the next generation of top sportsmen and women – for the club and for the sport. We bring our considerable experience in sports and leisure facilities to the project, as well as our reputation for quality and timely delivery."

The centre is scheduled for completion in mid 2020.

(CM/MH)