A MULTI-MILLION dollar Loxton building is now finished, with its mezzanine level recently completed.
The $13.2 million Loxton Precinct was unveiled in March last year, with its mezzanine incomplete. However, at the official opening, funding to finish the mezzanine was announced.
District Council of Loxton Waikerie director of commercial and community services Andrew Waters said Belgravia Leisure, which now manages The Precinct Loxton, has started taking bookings for the mezzanine function facility.
“It gives the community so many options for functions and events, whether it be large scale, like weddings, or smaller, like committee meetings, corporate meetings and functions,” he said. “It’s a really good space for the community.”
The mezzanine facility offers panoramic views of the Loxton Oval and basketball/netball courts.
It can fit up to 300 people and has a large bar and commercial kitchen.
Loxton Waikerie council project manager Daniel Brown said the completed mezzanine will offer “great viewing” for sporting games and events.
“It really activates the whole precinct and ties everything together,” he said.
The versatile space offers state-of-the-art technology through sound and displays.
Loxton Waikerie council received $1 million of funding through the Federal Government’s Drought Communities Program last year, announced by Barker MP Tony Pasin.
Council used $500,000 of the additional funding for the fit-out of the mezzanine, while the other portion of funds was allocated to the Waikerie Riverfront Master Plan.
The mezzanine fit-out had a project budget of $1.5 million.
Meanwhile, Loxton Football Club could move next door to the mezzanine if its members green light the proposal.