One and a-half greens of artificial turf, or 12 rinks, will be built on part of the Chisholm Park Recreation Reserve as part of a $1.9 million development.
The planned facility, alongside the Dunedin Lawn Bowls Stadium, is expected to allow the sport to flourish year-round at the Tainui site.
It will also bring the sport back to the reserve area formerly home to the Tainui Bowling Club.
The cost of the development is to be covered by the sale of the Andersons Bay Bowling Club site in Bayfield Rd.
A merger of the bowling club and the stadium is being worked through.
Representatives of the two entities said the outdoor facility should be ready by the start of September.
Stadium society president John Latimer said it was an exciting time for all bowlers who had used the centre.
He had said in 2020 the model of operating the centre half the year, covering the winter months, was not sustainable and outdoor greens were needed.
Mr Latimer said yesterday the project would secure the future of the stadium by having the complex operating all year.
The Tainui Croquet Club would also be able to use the new facilities, he said.
Andersons Bay club president Tracey Penty said much work had been put in to bring the proposal together and Sport Otago supported the venture.
The development will also include toilets, fencing, landscaping and a deck.
A report for the Dunedin City Council said discussions to reinstate bowls at the former Tainui Bowling Club site had been held since 2019.
An independent feasibility study in 2021 showed a development could be done.
The council is set to lease the stadium and the outdoor facility to Dunedin Lawn Bowls Stadium.
