City as a pioneer

St. Pölten offers free access to sports equipment

Matthias Stadler and Florian Gleiss are enthusiastic about the opportunity to borrow sports equipment free of charge.

(Bild: Medienservice Magistrat St. Pölten/Josef Vorläufer)

Any sport, anytime, anywhere! This is the grand vision of the company "Sportogo", which sees itself as the digital rental platform for sports equipment. St. Pölten jumped on the bandwagon and offers its citizens free access to a wide range of sports equipment. Mayor Matthias Stadler is delighted.

From table tennis bats to all kinds of balls, e-bikes and sailing boats, Sportogo offers digital rental of sports equipment right where the sport takes place, around the clock. This gives people of all ages easy access to sport and exercise. The automated rental stations are easily integrated into existing sports areas or public spaces. They also demonstrably make the existing infrastructure more attractive in the long term.

This sporting use of existing infrastructure also plays a central role in St. Pölten's strategic orientation. "We want to put our goal of being the "Fittest City" into action and are delighted that every St. Pölten resident can now borrow and use sports equipment free of charge at four different locations," says Mayor Matthias Stadler.

With an app to the equipment
From June, anyone who enjoys outdoor sports can use the Sportogo app to hire and use over 30 different types of sports equipment free of charge all year round at the Ratzersdorfer See and Hammerpark locations, at the new sports facility in Sturm19-Park and near the disc golf course at Traisendamm.