Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
| Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome | |
Emirates Arena
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| Location |
Dalmarnock, Glasgow Scotland |
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| Coordinates | 55°50′50″N 4°12′28.95″W / 55.84722°N 4.2080417°WCoordinates: 55°50′50″N 4°12′28.95″W / 55.84722°N 4.2080417°W |
| Owner | City of Glasgow |
| Capacity | 8,200 (Tennis) 6,500 (Basketball) 5,000 (Arena) 2,000 (Velodrome) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2009 |
| Opened | 6 October 2012 |
| Construction cost | £113M |
| Architect | 3D Reid; Ralph Schürmann, Germany (track) |
| General contractor | Sir Robert McAlpine |
| Tenants | |
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2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow Rocks 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Round 2 |
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The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Arena, is an indoor arena and velodrome in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland. Built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, these venues hosted the badminton and track cycling events. Situated opposite Celtic Park in the East End of Glasgow, the complex is the headquarters of Sportscotland and Scottish Cycling.
The Indoor Arena has a capacity of 5,000 and during the Commonwealth Games it had twelve badminton courts in three indoor sports halls. The arena has a hydraulically lifted 200m indoor running track that hosted the Aviva International Match, which will move from Kelvin Hall.
At the start of the 2012–13 British Basketball League season the Glasgow Rocks moved from the Kelvin Hall to the new arena. With their opening game against traditional arch-rivals Newcastle Eagles selling out. With 1,500 extra floor seats around the arena's running track, it became the largest arena of any club in the British Basketball League at the time, and on 8 November 2012 it was announced by the League that the arena would become the venue for the final of the BBL Trophy.
In 2015 the Great Britain Davis Cup team played the United States in the first round and Australia in the Semi-final at the 2015 Davis Cup, featuring top British player and world number three Andy Murray. The arena capacity was expanded to 8,200 for the semi-final to comply with requirements for the Davis Cup. Great Britain played again at the arena for the 2016 Davis Cup semifinals.
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