Venues of the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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

Celtic Park hosted for the opening ceremony of the Games.^[2] The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome precinct, situated at Parkhead in the East End of the city, hosted the Badminton as well as Track cycling.^[3] Glasgow Green was the starting point for the free Athletics (Marathon), Cycling (Road Race) and Cycling (Time Trial) events.^[4] Glasgow Green was the venue for Field hockey and saw the construction of a new Glasgow Green Hockey Centre.^[5] Tollcross International Swimming Centre, was the venue for Swimming events. It already had one 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

Ibrox Stadium, in the South Side, was the venue for the 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 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, located in the West End of the city, hosted the Wrestling, Judo and Boxing, as well as the Main Press Centre and the International Broadcast Centre, benefiting from its strategic position adjacent to the headquarters of BBC Scotland and STV at Pacific Quay. The Clyde Auditorium hosted Weightlifting, whilst the new SSE Hydro was used for the Gymnastics and Netball events.^[10] Kelvingrove Park, also in the city's West End, was the venue for Bowls and has five bowling greens installed for competitive use. A comprehensive upgrade and refurbishment of the park was completed ahead of the Games.^[11] 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 Shooting competitions took place at the Ministry of Defence full-bore rifle and clay target ranges at Barry Buddon Training Area, near Dundee, which were also used in the 1986 Commonwealth Games. There were temporary ranges built for the small-bore rifle and pistol events.^[13] Diving was held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh, located 45 miles (72 km) to the east, which held the annual 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

• List of Commonwealth Games venues

References

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