Pattaya: Set to be the hub of international sports and fitness for the people

[rooster59]

Pattaya: Set to be the hub of international sports and fitness for the people

 

Image: Sophon Cable TV

 

An upbeat mayor of Pattaya Sontaya Khunpluem told Sophon Cable TV that Pattaya and Chonburi and the rest of the eastern seaboard under the EEC plans will become a hub of international sports and fitness.

 

Plans are underway to build and upgrade sporting facilities and stadia in Pattaya at Huay Yai on 300 rai of land as well as at a university and in Muang district of Chonburi. 

 

The EEC is the eastern economic corridor, a key plan of the current Thai government for the eastern seaboard. 

 

The Chonbuiri Thailand Sports Complex will make the area the hub of international sports events and bring fitness to the people, he exclaimed. 

 

In the process sports will bring in money to the area, promote sports tourism and thanks to a sports science and training institute at the university standards of sporting excellence will be raised. 

 

The mayor mentioned the possibility of the Asian games and even aspects of the Olympics.

 

Exactly what he meant by this was not adequately explained by the media who seemed caught up in the mayor's enthusiasm without grinding down into the nitty gritty. 

 

According to the mayor Pattaya and the province of Chonburi will soon be the hub of sports and fitness to add to its other hub claims.

 

Source: Sophon Cable TV

 

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[bluesofa]

16 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

According to the mayor Pattaya and the province of Chonburi will soon be the hub of sports and fitness to add to its other hub claims.

[colinneil]

Well Sontayan is certainly not the person who should be promoting sport and fitness, he is far too chubby.????

[Justgrazing]

19 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

 

The Chonbuiri Thailand Sports Complex will make the area the hub of international sports events and bring fitness to the people, he exclaimed. 

 

Some forms of water sports would go down well I feel .. 

 

21 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

 

Exactly what he meant by this was not adequately explained by the media who seemed caught up in the mayor's enthusiasm without grinding down into the nitty gritty

 

And Mayor is a bit of a Walter Mitty for some of what he comes out with ..

 

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Justgrazing said:

Some forms of water sports would go down well I feel ..

Now you're taking the pee. That usually costs me extra.

[Shuya]

Yeah sure, whatver. Tomorrow: Pattaya will be the world hub of Swiss cheese and Canadian maple sirup production. 

[Justgrazing]

4 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

That usually costs me extra

 

Ask them to slash the price then ..

[onebir]

Pattaya, hub of hubs... one hub to rule them all!

[Yknot]

Well, maybe the summer Olympics. The winter Olympics would have to wait until Pattaya freezes over.

[AlexRich]

I read the “Yaba dealer” sprint will debut in the 2024 Olympics. 

[Leaver]

 

Soi 6 - The Academy of International Sports and Fitness.   "Where only the elite can train."   ????

[Soikhaonoiken]

Oh no not another Hub,  just don't know how they fit them all in... ????????????

[Thaiwrath]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The mayor mentioned the possibility of the Asian games and even aspects of the Olympics.

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Edited February 27, 2021 by Thaiwrath

[daveAustin]

Here we go. Don't know why they don't just rename the place Hubbaya.

[nkg]

9 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Here we go. Don't know why they don't just rename the place Hubbaya.

 

It is already the hubba hubba hub ????

[Destiny1990]

The mayor could easily participate in the upcoming Pattaya jetski tournament ????

[kingdong]

International hub for sports and fitness?with the air quality in pattaya at danger levels you,d probably be better off staying at home.

[sammieuk1]

Has tried to make a vaccine out of optimism and bluster could stand a better chance than the current hub of disappointment ???? 

[mr mr]

kumbaya my lord...... kumbaya...........

[olfu]

I am not sure what kind of sport big boss trying to push but I like his way of think.

Hopefully it will be ready for me in 2021.

Viva soi6.

[PatOngo]

Well, Pattaya can surely lay claim as the hub of BS!

[pattayadude]

10 hours ago, rooster59 said:

An upbeat mayor of Pattaya Sontaya Khunpluem told Sophon Cable TV that Pattaya and Chonburi and the rest of the eastern seaboard under the EEC plans will become a hub of international sports and fitness.

what's next? A hub for international snake oil production?

[jacko45k]

Perhaps time for him to suggest Pattaya as the hub for healthy eating and exercise and lead us by example!

[Kerryd]

He is probably overstating the idea, which shouldn't be a surprise. He is a politician after all and they rarely speak the plain truth.

Also keep in mind that they have to promote the idea to get people to buy into it. Local (Thai) people, not fat, old bar stool anchors whose only exercise is yelling at the TV when a footie match is playing.

When he mentions "Olympic aspects" it should be very obvious he isn't suggesting hosting the Olympics. However, some of the venues could have Olympic calibre facilities. I'm thinking Track and Field, weightlifting, things like volleyball and badminton courts and maybe even Olympic calibre swimming pools (though that might be a stretch as things like that need a lot of care and maintenance, which costs money).

And there is no reason why Pattaya couldn't be the "hub" of sports and fitness - in the EEC. Pattaya is pretty much in the middle of it, is easy to get to, has loads of accommodations and already has some facilities (like at the Chaiyapruek Stadium).

Get some more, high calibre facilities and it wouldn't be hard to see Pattaya as major sports and fitness center in Thailand. 

Maybe not for all those gray-haired pillsbury doughboy expats that wouldn't go anywhere near such a place anyways but, hold your beer and try not to spill it when you hear this, I suspect these plans and announcements aren't aimed at that expat crowd anyways. 

Shocking, isn't it ?

[Geoffggi]

11 hours ago, rooster59 said:

According to the mayor Pattaya and the province of Chonburi will soon be the hub of sports and fitness to add to its other hub claims.

One thing for sure it will not be the Hub of reality ....................LOL

[overherebc]

11 hours ago, AlexRich said:

I read the “Yaba dealer” sprint will debut in the 2024 Olympics. 

I was thinking of the 500 metres bag-snatch hurdles. 

[Kerryd]

13 minutes ago, overherebc said:

I was thinking of the 500 metres bag-snatch hurdles. 

As the bag snatchers tend to be mostly katoeys, would they compete as men or women (as there isn't a "third" gender in the Olympics - yet) ?

(Although that guy in New Zealand who couldn't compete as a man has decided he's now a woman and has been winning a lot of competitions (against smaller, lighter "real" women) lately. Seems he could make New Zealand's Olympic team. Wouldn't that stir up a hornet's nest !)

[Walker88]

I'm trying to think what they've left out so far....

 

Already Pattaya is going to be the new Hollywood.

It's also going to be the new Miami and Singapore (two very different cities, so becoming both is quite the trick)

It's a premiere ocean resort

It's a family destination.

It's a magnet for high net worth 'quality tourists'.

 

Next week it's likely to be the new Silicon Valley.

 

Oh, and maybe the next Vail or St Moritz; the fact that it has neither mountains nor snow is immaterial. Pattaya is whatever anyone says/hopes/dreams/fantasizes it is.

[PatOngo]

5 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

I'm trying to think what they've left out so far....

The hub of thieving ladyboys!

[asiasurfer]

Ha ha ha. That says a city which drowns after a rain spell.