Fit and proper: Saudi Arabia plans 6 sports centers to boost healthy living

RIYADH: Saudi sports authorities have revealed plans to build six new facilities across the Kingdom in a push to get more people healthy and physically active.

Saudi Sports for All Federation Managing Director Shaima Al-Husseini announced the plans during a discussion at the Misk Global Forum in Riyadh.

Al-Husseini said the new facilities would encourage a healthier society. She said the centers would have 30 to 40 courts offering more than 10 sporting activities, and added that she hoped they would attract more than 250,000 users in the first year.