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Bike Park Tipped as Big Boost to Tourism
By Tina Law on http://www.stuff.co.nz/

A new $25 million adventure park in Christchurch’s Port Hills will attract thousands of extra international and domestic visitors to the city, a tourism leader says.
The 358-hectare park on forest land between Dyers Pass, Worsleys and the Summit roads, had a broad appeal, Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism chief executive Tim Hunter said.
“I think once it gets going it will attract an extra 100,000 visitor nights to Christchurch.”
He believed it would encourage those already visiting the city to stay longer and would attract a big contingent of backpackers and young people.
“Having the attraction so close to the city really is going to meet a need that we think is there at the moment.”
Canadian developers Select Evolution said it hoped to start construction of the park this year after the project was granted resource consents this week.
The park would be the largest lift-accessed downhill mountain bike park in the southern hemisphere, the company said.

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Govt Gives $2m for Port Hills Bike Park, Chairlift and 120km of MTB Downhill Trails
By Alan Wood on http://www.stuff.co.nz/

The Government is coughing up $2 million for a mountain bike park on the Port Hills. The 315-hectare Christchurch adventure park is one of six tourism projects to get this backing in the first round of funding through a Government scheme. The park will be located on land between Dyers Pass, Worsleys and Summit roads. The developers behind the park will contribute a further $20.5 million. The funding partnership was announced at the Trenz 2014 tourism conference today.

The developer, Select Evolution New Zealand, says it wants to build 120 kilometres of groomed trails on the forested land. The park would also have a 1.8km purpose-built chairlift rising 435 vertical metres, along with a restaurant, on-site accommodation, retail areas and other “adrenaline-based” activities. An increasing number of international mountain bikers were demanding world-class facilities as a destination, the organisers said in a statement. The park would run year round to provide off-season tourism and an anchor attraction to Christchurch.

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Christchurch Mountain Bike Park
From http://www.selectevolution.com/

The Christchurch Adventure Park is the working title of the project to create the world’s first purpose built, year round chairlift accessed downhill mountain bike park on the Port Hills near Christchurch, New Zealand. Select Evolution, a developer focused on creating exciting new adventure sport destinations globally, leads the project.

The ethos is simple; we aim to produce the world’s best quality, most accessible downhill mountain bike park in the world. Building on our experience of similar operations worldwide, this will provide opportunities for all levels of ability and knowledge, from total beginners who require equipment rental and skills instruction to the world’s top downhill mountain bikers in search of the perfect destination for training and competition.

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Exciting Plans for New Mountain Bike Adventure Park
By LennyBoy on http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/ 

Some very interesting news recently with plans for a mountain bike adventure park right on our back-door in the Port Hills near Cashmere. Developers Select Evolution have submitted a resource consent for a 350 hectare park with a variety of outdoor activities in the hills off Worsleys Rd.

The Christchurch Adventure Park sounds like a very exciting opportunity, not just for biking but for a whole range of other activities too. Obviously there is a commercial element in there to make a return on investment. But the general public will also be able to access the biking trails free; it’s just the other facilities like the chair-lift, recreational fun-rides, accommodation, and other commercial buildings that would require you to fork out of your pocket. Also great to see nice touches like changing/toilet facilities and easier trails and pump tracks for the younger ones too.

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