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University of Worcester Arena Paralympic venue to open University of Worcester Arena Paralympic venue opens
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A new sporting venue, which will be a training base for Team GB ahead of the 2016 Paralympics, will be formally opened at Worcester University later. A new sporting venue, which will be a training base for Team GB's 2016 Paralympics squad, has been formally opened in Worcester.
The 2,000-seater University of Worcester Arena has already hosted some able-bodied and disabled sport events.The 2,000-seater University of Worcester Arena has already hosted some able-bodied and disabled sport events.
The facility, built on the site of a former fruit and vegetable market in Hylton Road, is home to the Worcester Wolves basketball club. International Paralympic Committee president Sir Phillip Craven MBE opened the venue earlier.
It will be opened by the president of the International Paralympic Committee. The facility, in Hylton Road on the site of a former market, is home to the Worcester Wolves basketball club.
The arena has six changing rooms for up to 150 people, three rooms for referees, rooms for teaching and corporate events and a balcony with a view of the River Severn. Sir Phillip told BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester the centre was a "great initiative" but stressed it was not just for use by disabled athletes.
Next year, the 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships will be held at the venue. "If it is for everybody, then you have to have a facility that's accessible to everybody, then you've got to encourage people to come and try it," he added.
It has six changing rooms, three rooms for referees, rooms for teaching and corporate events and a balcony with a view of the River Severn.
The 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships will be held at the arena next summer.