direct to your inboxManchester Aquatics Centre will undergo extensive repairs and refurbishment after councillors agreed to spend £31m to save their flagship facility from closure.The swimming centre, known as MAC, is seen as one of the most important legacy outcomes of the city’s hosting of the 2002 Commonwealth Games.It is one of the busiest facilities of its kind in the UK with more than 10 million people - around 500,000 a year - using it since it opened on Oxford Road in 2000.The centre is home to the Team GB paralympic swimming team and has hosted numerous British and high-profile international swimming competitions in recent years.Before the coronavirus pandemic MAC was generating £4m a year for Manchester’s economy, while also.
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