Venues of the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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This article lists the Venues of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1]

East End cluster

Celtic Park
Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Ibrox Stadium
Hampden Park
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
Clyde Auditorium
SSE Hydro
Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh

Olympic standard 50 metre swimming pool, which was extensively upgraded, and a second 50-metre pool was added for the Games as a warm-up facility. The existing permanent seating capacity was increased by 1,000. Combined with additional temporary seating there was over 5,000 seats for the Games.[6]

Venue Sports Capacity
Commonwealth Sports Arena Badminton 5,000
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome Cycling (track) 4,500
Glasgow Green Hockey Centre
 Field hockey 5,000
Tollcross International Swimming Centre Swimming 5,000
Celtic Park Opening Ceremony 60,000

South Side cluster

Rugby Sevens tournament.[7] Mountain biking was held on the Cathkin Braes in Rutherglen, the Royal Burgh neighbouring the City.[8] The Hampden Park hosted all the track and field events as well as the closing ceremony.[9]

Venue Sports Capacity
Ibrox Rugby Sevens 52,000
Hampden Athletics, Closing Ceremony 46,000
Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails
 Mountain Biking N/A

West End cluster

The

Scotstoun Leisure Centre hosted Table tennis and Squash.[12]

Venue Sports Capacity
SECC Precinct SECC Halls Boxing (Preliminaries) 2,000
Judo/Wrestling 2,000
Netball (Preliminaries) 2,000
Clyde Auditorium Weightlifting 3,000
The SSE Hydro Gymnastics (Artistic and Rhythmic), Boxing (Finals), Netball (Finals) 13,000
Precinct Total 20,000
Scotstoun Stadium Squash, Table Tennis 12,500
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre Lawn Bowls 2,500

Satellite venues

The

Edinburgh Festival at the same time as the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[14] Strathclyde Country Park, beside Hamilton and Motherwell, hosted the Triathlon event.[15]

Venue Location Sports Capacity
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre
 Barry Shooting N/A
Royal Commonwealth Pool Edinburgh Diving 2,000
Strathclyde Country Park Motherwell Triathlon N/A

Athletes' village

The Athletes Village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games was situated on a 35-hectare (86-acre) site, in Dalmarnock, Glasgow.[16] The whole project was designed by RMJM.[17] Primarily the site was used as accommodation for the athletes competing in the games as well as team officials from every competing nation for the duration of the games. As well as accommodation, the athletes' village also housed a retail zone, dining hall, medical facilities, gym, religious centre and recreational spaces.[18]

The 2014 Commonwealth Games athlete's village at Dalmarnock, Glasgow

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletes Village and Venues". glasgow2014.com. glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Celtic Park". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Emirates Arena including the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Glasgow City Road Courses". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Glasgow National Hockey Centre". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Tollcross International Swimming Centre". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Ibrox Stadium". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Hampden Park". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  10. ^ "SECC Precinct". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Scotstoun Sports Campus". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, Carnoustie". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Strathclyde Country Park". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Athletes' Village". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Athletes Village for Commonwealth Games 2014". RMJM. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  18. ^ Pettigrew, Laura (5 July 2014). "Glasgow 2014: Sleepover in the Athletes' Village". BBC News. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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