{"id":107535,"date":"2025-09-01T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/107535\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:20:07","slug":"darlington-dolphin-centre-mini-golf-and-darts-plans-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/107535\/","title":{"rendered":"Darlington Dolphin Centre mini-golf and darts plans revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  A new entertainment space including the nine-hole course, darts and shuffleboards\u00a0will cost \u00a31.45m, Darlington Council said, as part of plans to extent the centre\u2019s leisure offering.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A new spinning studio will also replace the existing fitness studio, costing \u00a3750,000, and will be able to hold classes with virtual instructors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"How the new mini golf, interactive darts and shuffleboard area will look.\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>How the new mini golf, interactive darts and shuffleboard area will look. (Image: DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL) Cllr Matthew Roche said: \u201cThese exciting plans will not only mean great new facilities but will also increase footfall to the town centre and support the finances of our much-loved Dolphin Centre.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe Dolphin Centre has been at the heart of Darlington life for over 40 years. As a 43-year-old building, it naturally needs some tender loving care from time to time, and these new proposals will help make sure it continues to thrive.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It comes after the success of the DC Bowl bowling alley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/news\/19308818.dc-bowl-open-darlingtons-dolphin-centre-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which opened in 2021 after a \u00a31.7m investment.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"The Dolphin Centre.\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The Dolphin Centre. (Image: Stuart Boulton)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The plans are set to go before the council\u2019s Cabinet meeting next week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  If approved, work will begin later this year and is expected to be completed by the new year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Upgrades to the 1982-built centre\u2019s electrical systems are also due to take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new entertainment space including the nine-hole course, darts and shuffleboards\u00a0will cost \u00a31.45m, Darlington Council said, as part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-107535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}