The building in Aorangi Street through to Stafford Street was completed in February 1957. The centre housed a large auditorium and catered for a wide variety of indoor sports. In 1954 a Queen Carnival was held to help raise funds, and this, combined with other monies, contributed £26,309 towards the £60,000 estimated cost of construction. Published in "Feilding, the First Hundred years', Manawatu Evening Standard supplement 20 February 1981.