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Technogym BH Live has overhauled its Pyramids Leisure Centre in Portsmouth with support from Technogym, creating the area’s most cutting edge venue
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H Live has grown rapidly since 2010, operating leisure sites, sports and entertainment venues across Dorset, Hampshire and London. The operator won the wider Portsmouth contract in 2017, and partnered with Technogym in 2021 to breathe new life into the city’s Pyramids Centre. Head of leisure, Rob Cunningham, describes the transformation. “As a social enterprise, we focus on creating engaging experiences that improve local people’s lives,” he says. “Pyramids had been part of the Portsmouth landscape since the 1980s, but had fallen behind
BH Live’s aim is to get more people active every day
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The cycle studio is the ‘jewel in the crown’, with boutique-style classes using Technogym Group Cycle
the times. With investment from Portsmouth City Council, we’ve created a really modern leisure centre offer with an incredible gym space and studios.”
Cutting-edge venue The former Pyramids Centre featured a fun pool, a small gym, and a 1,200 capacity auditorium and events space. Together with investment from the Council, BH Live has transformed the pool area into a play and bounce facility and converted the events facilities into a cutting-edge health and fitness space. Pyramid’s new 10-zone fitness space within the gym illustrates BH Live’s social promise of providing facilities that get more people more active every day. Rob and his team partnered with Technogym to design and kit out a space that meets the needs of all demographics under one roof. “This is our first partnership with Technogym, and we’re so impressed with the way the team embraced our vision,” says Cunningham. “Technogym is a true partner, helping us define the 10 zones and class studios. As well as incredible equipment, we got the benefit of the company’s insights and experience.”
