The question is whether it can be funded.
A report commissioned to look into the viability of the proposed sports hub, which would be located behind Logan Park High School, highlighted the obvious challenges around raising what is a large amount of money.
But the analysis, which was released to the Otago Daily Times in the past week, also pointed out the sports hub would return a net operational surplus of $40,000 per annum and the community was in desperate need of improved facilities.
"The cost of the build is substantial. However it is underpinned by a strong community need,'' the report's author, Joff Riley, wrote in his key findings.
The proposed facilities include a 3700sq m gymnasium with reception area, toilets, offices, shared meeting rooms and space for a climbing wall.
The existing hard-surface grounds at the back of the school would be resurfaced with an all-weather turf and lights would be installed.
Dunedin Gymnastics Academy (DGA) would be the anchor tenant but the Otago Hockey Association (OHA) and Mountain Biking Otago would also be core users.
Logan Park High School has offered the land for the construction of the sports hub subject to approval from the Ministry of Education.
The school would benefit from having access to a new gym and all-weather turf.
Other sites were investigated but it was thought a new purpose-built facility was the best option.
Funding for the feasibility study came from the New Zealand Lotteries Board Community Facilities Fund and was received in January 2015.
Feldspar Capital Management was commissioned in June 2015 to complete the work.
The report came out on Friday and DGA executive committee member Michael Eathorne-Gould said the next step was for the interested parties to get together and discuss the report's findings.
Eathorne-Gould described the plan as "ambitious'' for Dunedin but he believed the hub would be well utilised and could be funded without leaning too heavily on the DCC.
"We are not expecting our council to contribute a substantial amount. In the past when we have submitted to council, our submissions have been based around the sale of the old Caledonian.''
The old Caledonian gym is a dated venue but sits on prime real estate near the corner of Hillside Rd and Andersons Bay Rd.
"One thing we would like to see is, if that is sold, and its primary purpose at the moment is gymsports, then for the council to look at earmarking that money towards a project like this."
As for demand, Eathorne-Gould said the DGA was in desperate need of improved facilities.
DGA's registered membership and its casual user numbers have doubled since 2011 after the merger of Southern Gymnastic Academy and Dunedin Gymnastic Centre.
That has put pressure on the facilities.
Its makeshift venue in Willis St is perhaps best described as a dungeon with gym equipment strewn about.
The Vogel St gym is in better condition but is also a retro-fitted warehouse, and the old Caledonian's glory days have passed it by.
Eathorne-Gould said information from Gymsport New Zealand suggests there is 30%-40% increase in uptake when a new facility is built.
OHA general manager Rachel Minton-Smith said the proposed all-weather turf was not a full-sized field but would come in very handy for juniors.
"For us, it would give the junior kids an opportunity to get more turf time,'' Minton-Smith said.
"At the moment, we are pretty hamstrung by the fact we have no actual available turf time for say the year 7 and 8s. They are kind of turning up and playing their games and not getting much chance other than the clinics we are running.
"It would hopefully grow our game a little bit and get some more kids involved.''
