Sports facilities form the basis of many sports. They range from core facilities such as sports halls, playing fields and swimming pools to specialised facilities such as climbing centres, rowing, canoeing and sailing ponds, golf courses, horse-riding facilities, snow parks, cross-country ski trails and ski slopes.

Sports facilities are usually built for a long period of time. Sustainable construction is based on a calculation period of 50 years. In practice, there are temporary sports facilities as well as those that are older than 50 years. Sports facilities must be able to adapt to the relatively short-term changes in sports.

The challenges facing the sports facilities of the future are manifold. These include, in particular, long-term usability combined with a high degree of flexibility. In this way, the needs of athletes, operators and third parties (e.g. residents) can be met.

The action area includes the following thematic corridors:

• Sports facilities
• Sports grounds
• Indoor sports facilities
• Sports equipment
• Accessible sports facilities