The Leicester Sports Arena has installed a rapid charger for electric cars at its site at Charter Street in Leicester.

The charger has been installed though a partnership by the Arena with British Gas and ChargePoint Services Ltd.

The charger is located in the arena car park off Charter Street, with access for both able bodied and disabled parking, and is installed on a pay as you go service.

Adam Clarke, the Assistant City Mayor for Energy and Sustainability, who is also a Trustee of the Leicester Riders Foundation, said,

“This is a great asset for the arena, and a welcome addition to the network of charging units we are rolling out around the city.”

“Encouraging sustainable means of transport, which help to meet our environmental targets, will be enhanced by this development at the Leicester Sports Arena.”

Kevin Routledge, the Project Director of the Leicester Sports Arena said,

“We are delighted to be providing this service to Arena users, and play our small part in improving the access to charging for electric car users, and thereby helping to improve the environment of the city.”

“We believe the arena is a really important facility for the community, and making it accessible, while contributing to the city’s environmental targets, are important objective for us.”

Alex Bamberg, Managing Director of ChargePoint Services Ltd, added,

“We are extremely pleased to be able to support this project alongside the Leicester Sports Arena. Their forward thinking approach in terms of the provision of re-fuelling for electric vehicles whilst drivers are engaged in their sports activity, using any of the other facilities or just wanting to charge their car, is the ideal scenario for encouraging the take up of electric cars.

The charger, funded by ChargePoint Services Ltd, has been incorporated onto the CPS GENIE network, the most reliable EV charging network in the UK, our focus is high quality across all aspects of the network – charger reliability, charging experience & customer support. Our first class service enables drivers to recharge their vehicles in minutes not hours.

About the Leicester Sports Arena

The Arena project has three partners, Leicester Riders, Leicester College, and Leicester City Council.

The project was funded by the partners, and Sport England and the Leicester & Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership.

LCC owns the site at Charter Street and is providing a long term lease of the site (125 years) to Leicester Community Sports Arena Limited (LCSAL), owned by the Rider’s charity (Leicester Riders Foundation). The Arena project was designed to allow the potential for the development of future additional facilities on site.

The £6m Project also included remediation of the contaminated ex-gas works site at Charter Street, and the provision of car parking and landscaping.

The Arena opened in January 2016 and is the new home to the Leicester Riders and Leicester Cobras Wheelchair Basketball Club, but is also a regional basketball centre of excellence. It also serves as Leicester College’s Sport teaching and learning facility, and as a large multi-use sports venue for the local community.

The Arena leverages the very large community development programmes of Leicester Riders. The Arena also delivers highly structured sports participation opportunities for the community.

The new Arena is located at 31 Charter Street, LE1 3UD.

Further information on the arena facilities is at www.leicestercommunitysportsarena.co.uk

About ChargePoint Services Ltd

ChargePoint Services Ltd (CPS) provide complete business solutions (including project management), bringing together best of breed proven hardware and our own proprietary software systems, to provide turnkey solutions for public and private organisations for the deployment of charging equipment for electric vehicles.
Our ChargePoint GENIE network is the most reliable EV charging network in the UK. Our Rapid & Fast charger infrastructure is estimated at 42% of market share, more than double that of the next largest back office provider.

For further information contact:

LCSAL – Kevin Routledge on 07515 117895

ChargePoint Services Ltd – Susan Finn on 07917 125849 or susan.finn@chargepointservices.com Or visit www.chargepointservices.com