I am a frequent user of the Wan Chai sport ground (unlike TB or Civil Servant I suspect) so it does not mean to say that my opinion matters more but I would think that:
- There are excellent facilities on the Island for sports (Aberdeen Sports ground is great for example, the Happy Valley race couse too, so it the Western Sports ground venue etc etc )..so for many schools who used to use the sport ground for sports day...I would believe they will use all the others still available on the Island (or elsewhere).
- It was great to have the track/sport center in Wan Chai as it was very central but realistically it's like having a track next to the Champs Elysee...It would be great but ...
- Plenty of people are so far using the empty/public space near the new Legco for sport (come by any time of the day and you will see Yoga session, Boot Camp session, Running sessions etc etc
So yes it sucks they are closing it down but it was more in my view and "anomaly" that it was still there.
That said...replacing it with something useless isn't the way forward too as well..