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Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venues
Athletes Village
In Glasgow's East, the Athletes' Village has been purpose-built to house 6,500 athletes and team officials during the
Games.
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre
Located near to Carnoustie Golf Links on Scotland's east coast the 950 hectare centre will be
used for the shooting events.
Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trials
The new trials at Cathkin Braes sit high on Glasgow's South Side and will offer great views across the city during next years games.
Celtic Park
The 60,000 capacity home of Celtic will play host to the Glasgow 2014 opening ceremony.
Emirates arena and sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Situated in the East End of Glasgow, it’s a short distance for athletes competing In track cycling and badminton events.
GlasgowGreen HockeyCenter
The £5.5m venue is owned by Glasgow City Counciland is situated next to the Glasgow Green
Football Centre.
Hampden Park
Scotland’s national stadium hasplayed host to many big events in the
past, but the Glasgow 2014 Games may the greatest yet, holding the
Athletics events and the closing ceremony.
Ibrox Stadium
For the Games this famous football turf will be transformed into a rugby field for the Rugby
Sevens event.
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Center
Situated in the West End of Glasgow, Kelvingrove will host all the Lawn Bowls matches.
Royal Commonwealth Pool
Located in Edinburgh, the A-listedRoyal Commonwealth Pool has the distinction of being a host venueat three Commonwealth Games.
SECC Precinct
Located on the banks of the River Clyde, the SECC Precinct contains three venues that will host all
gymnastics, boxing, judo, netball, wrestling,weightlifting and powerlifting events.
ScotstounSportsCampus
Owned by Glasgow City Council, thiscomplex in the West End of the city will
host squash and table tennis eventsnext year.
StrathclydeCountry
Park
Triathlon venue, Strathclyde Country Park, is locatedon the south-east edge of Glasgow and is already used
as a world-class rowing venue.
TollcrossInternationalSwimmingCenter
Redeveloped to the tune of£13.8m, Tollcross is now a
world-class swimming venuewhich caters for swimmers of all
levels.