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training complex (plural training complexes)

1. (sports) A sports club facility complex featuring numerous training pitches, gyms, medical clinics, on-site housing, club offices, and a mini-stadium for youth academy, reserve and women's team matches
   • 2025 August 8, “Club completes Carrington transformation”, in Manchester United‎^[1]:

     Manchester United is proud to announce the completion of the £50 million redevelopment of the men’s first-team building at the Carrington Training Complex, marking an important milestone in the club’s commitment to providing world-class facilities for its players and staff.

   • 2024 May 9, City Xtra, “Manchester City receive green light for new £10 million training facility”, in OneFootball‎^[2]:

     Manchester City made the move from their original Carrington Training Centre complex to the City Football Academy in 2014, with the development understood to have been based on AC Milan’s Milanello training complex.

   • 2023 February 22, Andy Dillon, “Chelsea undergoing huge training ground rebuild with Todd Boehly introducing luxury ‘chillout room’ for stars”, in The Sun‎^[3]:

     The chairman and manager Graham Potter are overseeing a multi-million-pound upgrade of their five-star Surrey training complex.

• “training complex”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.