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"We are committed to transparency and prioritization of space for all Murcia have access to sports facilities," said Coello.

Remember that in the last 20 years the council has driven nearly 2,000 top-level sporting events and created more than 825 jobs, while it has doubled the budget for network maintenance facilities.

Councillor for Sports and Health, Felipe Coello, said this morning at a press conference that "the will of the Consistory in the last 20 years has been to increase municipal facilities in Murcia, thus facilitating and promoting the practice of sports."

As stated Coello, who also indicated that the City Council, "committed to transparency and prioritization of space for all Murcia have access to sports facilities".

The owner of Sports has highlighted the evolution experienced the situation in Murcia between 1995 and 2015, explaining each and every one of the improvements made in terms of facilities, adding that "without the political will of this government team, not it would have been possible to perform ".

Thus, the mayor recalled that in the last 20 years, "have made nearly 2,000 top-level sporting events and created more than 825 jobs."

Among the sporting events held, they are the Olympic Days of European Youth, in 2001;

the First International Rugby Tournament in 2012;

The First International Futsal Tournament SUR Murcia in 2012;

the professional tournament circuit I Padel World Tour 'Murcia International Open' in 2013;

I International Aikido Seminar in 2014, and the First International Women's Basketball Tournament Under 19 in 2015, among others.

As for the municipal sports schools "in 1995 he had 24, reaching 171 schools today, with 9,864 students," as noted Coello, who also stressed that "the activity of football, where there are 55 clubs 410 teams and 6827 players, especially children and youth. "

As for the network of sports facilities, the city of Murcia has grown from 246 facilities in 1995 to 423 at present, it has a total of 1,125 706, 64 square meters.

Finally, the Councillor for Sports has indicated that the current expenditure budget for 1995 was 6.809 million euros, while in 2016 is 13,672,153 euros.

Regarding the Commission of Inquiry municipal sports facilities, created by motion filed by Citizens, the councilman said that "we must contribute ideas and actions to promote sport and murciano not create commissions that make us lose time and effort."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia