Pan American Velodrome
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Mattamy National Cycling Centre under construction in Milton, Ontario, Canada
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| Location | 2015 Pan Am Boulevard, Milton, Ontario |
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| Coordinates | 43°28′32″N 79°52′33″W / 43.475613°N 79.875955°WCoordinates: 43°28′32″N 79°52′33″W / 43.475613°N 79.875955°W |
| Owner | Town of Milton |
| Capacity | 2,500 (Games mode) 1,500 (legacy mode) |
| Field size | 154,000 sq ft |
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| Built | February 2013 – December 2014 |
| Opened | January 3, 2015 |
| Construction cost | $63 million CAD |
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2015 Pan American Games 2015 Parapan American Games Cycling Canada Cyclisme Ontario Cycling Association |
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The Mattamy National Cycling Centre is a track cycling facility in Milton, Ontario, Canada built for the 2015 Pan American Games. During the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games the venue was known as the Cisco Milton Pan Am / Parapan Am Velodrome.
The velodrome is the first-ever UCI-regulated, class 1 indoor velodrome in Canada, and only the second in North America along with the VELO Sports Center in Los Angeles. It features a 250-metre timber track with two 42-degree angle banks. During the games the velodrome will have 2,500 seats. After the games the velodrome will be the home of Cycling Canada’s national track cycling program, with the seating being reduced to 1,500. The facility also includes community recreational space including a cardio and strength training fitness centre, group fitness studio, 300 metre walking/jogging track and three sport courts for volleyball, basketball, and badminton.
The facility was originally scheduled to be built at Mohawk College in Hamilton, however the city withdrew after its city council voted to spend a maximum of only $5 million. In October 2011, Milton council was given six weeks by organizers to sign a binding agreement. “We only have six weeks for binding agreement. That’s not enough time for public feedback and that makes me nervous,” said Ward 8 Councillor Zeeshan Hamid. On January 31, 2012 Milton town council voted in favour of building the velodrome in their town.
The facility will cost a total of $56 million to build (with $47.4 million to build/design the facility and the rest going to operation costs after the games have finished).
Milton will pay 44 percent of the cost to build the velodrome ($25 million), which will come from the town itself, the proposed Milton Education Village and private donations. The rest ($31 million) will come from the Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games.
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