K2 Leisure Centre




K2 is a sports and leisure facility covering 57,194 m2 in Pease Pottage Hill Crawley. The building belongs to Crawley Borough Council and was completed in 2005 for £25.76m. It replaced Crawley leisure centre the same year, which was sold for £32m in order to fund K2. John Thraves; Crawley Council member is quoted as saying "I am very pleased to tell rate-payers of Crawley that it has not cost them a penny" in an interview with the BBC. In January 2018 it received upgrades to its gym equipment worth £300,000. In November 2018 it was taken over by SLM operating as Everyone Active, along with the gym, sports hall and café in the Bewbush Centre and the 3G pitch and pavilion in Broadfield.

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K2 was host to the English snooker Open in October 2018. On the first day of the open, current title holder, Ronnie O'Sullivan described the venue as "a bit of a hellhole", stating "all I can smell is urine." World Snooker responded to these comments praising the centre in a statement that said that "K2 Crawley is an excellent venue with very good facilities." World Champion Mark Williams concurred and is quoted as saying "We play in leisure centres all over the place and this is one of the better ones." Mark Davis reached his first ranked final in his career after beating O'Sullivan on the penultimate day of the tournament. Stuart Bingham went on to win the final, breaking down in tears when he discovered he had won.