Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
The National Athletics Stadium
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Crystal Palace London, SE19 England |
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| Coordinates | 51°25′08.7″N 0°04′07.7″W / 51.419083°N 0.068806°WCoordinates: 51°25′08.7″N 0°04′07.7″W / 51.419083°N 0.068806°W |
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  Crystal Palace
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| Operator | Greenwich Leisure Limited |
| Capacity | 16,000 |
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| Broke ground | 1964 |
| Opened | 1964 |
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AC London (2015–16) England Monarchs (NFL Europe) (1998) London Olympians |
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Artist's impression of the proposed Crystal Palace Arena and redeveloped National Sports Centre
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| Owner | Crystal Palace F.C |
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| Operator | Crystal Palace F.C |
| Capacity | 25,000 (Initial) 40,000 (Proposed) |
| Surface | Desso GrassMaster |
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| Construction cost | £50,000,000 to £70,000,000 |
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The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace Exhibition building which had been destroyed by fire in 1936, and is on the same site as the former FA Cup Final venue which was used here between 1895 and 1914.
It was one of the five National Sports Centres, run on behalf of Sport England, but responsibility was transferred to the London Development Agency (now GLA Land and Property) and is managed by Greenwich Leisure Limited, under their Better brand logo.
The sports centre building was designed by the LCC Architects Department under Sir Leslie Martin between 1953–54 and is a Grade II* listed building. It has a particularly interesting interior: there is a central concourse with a complex and delicate exposed concrete frame supporting the roof, which has a folded teak lining, and to one side a series of pools, including a 50m competition pool, and a diving pool with a dramatic reinforced concrete diving platform, and to the other side a smaller sports arena.
The athletics stadium has a capacity of 15,500, which can be increased to 24,000 with temporary seating. It hosts international athletics meetings.
The current 15,500 seater athletics stadium was built on the site of the football ground by M J Gleeson and opened in 1964. From 1999 to 2012 it hosted the London Grand Prix. The stadium can be expanded to 24,000 with temporary seating if required. With the opening of the London Olympic Stadium in 2012, its future as a stadium hosting athletics events is in doubt. Crystal Palace F.C. has submitted plans to rebuild the stadium as a 40,000 seater football stadium without a running track, but with a new indoor aquatic and sports centre as part of the complex.
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