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Venues of the 2014 Commonwealth Games


This article lists the Venues of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome precinct is situated at Parkhead in the East End of the city, the velodrome itself is opposite Celtic Park, which will be used for the opening ceremony. These venues hosted the Badminton as well as Track cycling.

The Road cycling and Cycling Time-trial events started and finished at Glasgow Green. Glasgow Green was also the venue for Field hockey and saw the construction of a new Glasgow Green Hockey Centre.

Tollcross International Swimming Centre, was the venue for Swimming events. It already has one Olympic standard 50 metre swimming pool, which was extensively upgraded, and a second 50-metre pool was also to added for the Games as a warm-up facility. The existing permanent seating capacity was also increased by 1,000. Combined with additional temporary seating there was over 5,000 seats for the Games.

Ibrox Stadium, in the South Side, was the venue for the Rugby Sevens tournament. Mountain biking was held on the Cathkin Braes in Rutherglen, the Royal Burgh neighbouring the City. The Marathon also began and ended at Hampden Park in the South Side, which hosted all the track and field events as well as the closing ceremony.


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