Outdoor activity infrastructure requires less budget than indoor facilities but can serve a larger amount of users. What exactly are the benefits of establishing facilities for urban lifestyle sports? How can walkable cities be the drivers of change? How to offer outdoor infrastructure for active living and preserve nature at the same time?

Integrated community facilities are fundamental to the Canadian approach, and some of the components included came as a surprise to many of the delegates. Facilities such as the Edmonds Community Centre, Minoru Centre for Active Living, and Clayton Community Centre, in addition to traditional program spaces, included libraries, theatres, dynamic seniors’ centres, youth centres, carpentry shops, and community kitchens.

IAKS members had the opportunity to connect, network and create new ties to both local and international members, during the IAKS network event held in conjunction with Australasia’s leading community sport and recreation convention, at the 2022 National Sports and Physical Activity Convention held on 11-13 July.

The webinar entitled „Stadia“ which was hosted by IAKS LAC on 21 July 2022, was followed by the record number of 102 attendees of the sports facility industry. Three experts from Argentina and Mexico gave insights on stadium design, sustainability and operation of three highly regarded stadia.