Ministry of Education and Culture published a new document in autumn 2023 highlighting the state of sport infrastructure in Finland. According to this document, the aging of the population, urbanization and the financial challenges of the municipalities make it difficult to maintain the current network of sports facilities. Therefore, the need for information that can be utilized in the strategic planning of sports venues, which supports long-term economic planning related to the sports facilities of the region, improves foresight, and contributes to the realization of the goals of sustainable development, is significant. The purpose of the Intelligent Sport Facilities project is to bring together experts working in the region’s ecosystem in the field of sport, technology, premises management and education for joint development with an aim of increasing competence and awareness. The specific objectives of the project are: 1) Consolidate regional cooperation in terms of sport facilities’ maintenance, increasing competence in relation to maintenance and later possible joint implementation of the maintenance, 2) to develop new user-oriented and market attractive technological solution for sports facilities as an RDI activity, which aims to strengthen the competitiveness of small and medium sized companies and the cooperation between educational institutions and business life in the region, 3) implement a sports environment where technology can be used to produce information and added value to support both the maintenance of sports venues and sports coaching, emphasizing synergy benefits (sport-specific and facility-specific pilot), 4) on the education side, identify the changes in the operating environment of the technology and sports industry and make a plan for necessary adjustments for regional secondary and higher-level educations in the field of sport and technology to meet the new competence needs rising from these anticipated changes. The project results: 1) a regional sports venue maintenance model that aims for a more cost-effective maintenance of sports facilities, 2) researched information on the possibilities of technology to produce data through one system that can be used for the needs of sport coaching, maintenance, safety development and business development and 3) an output which brings forth the necessary adjustments for future secondary and higher-level education in the area of sport facility maintenance and sport engineering and highlights some suggestions how to achieve this necessary new competence.