Venue of next commonwealth games in 2014

A guide to the venues being used in the Commonwealth Games. An accompanying gallery of the venues is available HERE. As an exisiting venue with only small temporary redevelopment needed, this will further ensure the games can be delivered at a reasonable cost. This is also an existing venue. It will provide Scotland with some much needed indoor sports space to help athletes train and provide space for sports groups currently lacking facilities.

It will be used for badminton events during the Games. The velodrome is also a brand new venue being built for the Games. It will also become the home of ScottishCycling. Glasgow Green Hosting: Road cycling, cycling time-trials, field hockey. Glasgow Green will host multiple sports during the Games and will also see the construction of a new Regional Hockey Centre for use after the Games.

An existing venue, Tollcross will need upgrading for the swimming at the Games, but organisers are hopeful this will be to a minimal cost and similarly to Hampden can ensure venues will be sustainable and put to good use once the Games have finished.

The existing country park infrastructure will need temporary upgrading for the Games to host the triathlon. The existing SECC complex is already used for major events and is well equipped for the Games and hosting the wrestling, weightlifting and judo. Scottish Hydro Arena Hosting: Gymnastics, netball. The new Scottish Hydro Arena is one of the few venues being built from scratch for the Games and will host the gymnastics and netball. It is part of the SECC complex and management of the facility have indicated the new indoor arena is needed to attract big names and more concerts to a complex that is often full to bursting.

They are confident the new Arena will be well-utilised post-Games. Kelvingrove Park already has the bowling greens required for the Games, but needs upgrading and refurbishing for the Games. Another existing venue, Kelvin Hall requires only minimal work to be ready for the Games and will continue to be used once they are over.

Scotstoun Leisure Centre Hosting: Table tennis and squash. I remember the first day he turned up to train with us again. Brad's still a celebrity for us. He just wants some confirmation that he's still got it on the track, that he can still be a big player in the team pursuit.

As soon as he dropped back in, he wasn't too far from his best. The Glasgow Green Hockey Centre will not only host all hockey matches, but also serve as the start and finish for the road cycling and time-trial races. Tollcross International Swimming Centre underwent a significant expansion to accommodate all swimming events, among the most popular events of the Commonwealth Games. Much of the action will centre around the latter, which will host all track and field events and the closing ceremony on Sunday, August 3.

Ibrox will host the rugby sevens, and a custom-built mountain bike trail also runs through the South Side Cluster. Get Sports Calendars. Glasgow has won bid to host for Commonwealth Games. The 20th Commonwealth Games will run for 12 days from 23rd July to 3 August Commonwealth Games will greet 6, athletes and officials from 71 countries. There are also plenty of thousands of people welcomed to the host city of the Commonwealth Games.

Celtic Park would be utilized for the opening ceremony.