A new national assignment: building the future of shared sports facilities
Sportidealisten has been appointed to lead the development of Center P, a national collaboration project bringing together seven precision sports federations in Sweden.
The participating sports include:
- Minigolf
- Pool
- Boule
- Archery
- Casting
- Frisbee
- Shooting Sports
The ambition is clear:
To develop a scalable, resource-efficient and inclusive multi-sport facility model that allows several precision sports to share space, costs and long-term growth opportunities.
This assignment marks an important milestone in Sportidealisten’s continued work within sports management, sports facility development and cross-sport collaboration.
Why this project matters
Across Europe and globally, smaller and precision-based sports often face similar challenges:
- Limited access to purpose-built facilities
- Low visibility in municipal sports planning
- Fragmented dialogue with local authorities
- Rising operational costs
- Underutilized spaces
At the same time, municipalities are increasingly searching for:
- Resource-efficient sports facility solutions
- Inclusive environments for children, youth and parasport
- Flexible and scalable facility concepts
- Better use of public investment
Center P addresses these shared challenges by developing a conceptual framework for multi-sport precision facilities.
What is Center P?
Center P is not a single building.
It is a concept model and implementation framework.
The project will deliver:
1. A scalable facility model
A structured model defining different levels of collaboration between sports federations and clubs:
- Small (S) – shared local environments
- Medium (M) – municipal multi-sport hubs
- Large (L) – regional precision sports centers
2. Facility design scenarios
Visualized examples showing how precision sports can coexist within:
- New construction projects
- Renovated facilities
- Extended existing buildings
3. A municipal implementation guide
Practical guidance for municipalities covering:
- Planning processes
- Investment considerations
- Operational models
- Shared cost structures
- Accessibility standards
4. An inclusive and accessible framework
A strong emphasis will be placed on:
- Youth access
- Neurodiverse participation (NPF)
- Parasport integration
- Low-threshold entry into sport
The strategic importance of precision sports collaboration
Precision sports share several structural characteristics:
- Technical and focus-based skill development
- Low spatial conflict between activities
- Broad age participation
- Strong accessibility potential
- Limited high-impact surface requirements
By collaborating around facilities rather than competing for space, these sports can:
- Increase political relevance
- Improve municipal negotiation power
- Share operational costs
- Create cross-sport recruitment pathways
- Improve long-term sustainability
This is not just a facility project.
It is a governance and collaboration project.
Sportidealisten’s role
As operational project lead, Sportidealisten will:
- Coordinate the seven federations
- Lead workshops and stakeholder processes
- Conduct national and international facility benchmarking
- Facilitate dialogue with architects and municipalities
- Structure and document the concept development process
- Deliver the final concept model and implementation toolkit
The goal is to ensure that the final outcome is not just visionary – but practical, scalable and ready for real-world municipal use.
A step toward smarter sports infrastructure
The sports sector is entering a new phase where:
- Collaboration replaces fragmentation
- Scalability replaces one-off solutions
- Shared facilities replace isolated investments
- Inclusion replaces exclusivity
Center P is a concrete example of how smaller and precision-based sports can strengthen their position by working together.
Sportidealisten is proud to support this transformation.
Looking ahead
Throughout the project, we will share insights on:
- Multi-sport facility planning
- Inclusive sports environments
- Sports governance collaboration
- Municipal sports strategy
- Sustainable sports infrastructure models
If you are working within:
- Sports federations
- Municipal sports planning
- Facility architecture
- Sports facility operations
- Inclusive sport development
We would be happy to connect.
Together, we can build smarter and more inclusive sports environments for the future.
