Legacy
The sporting legacy of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
will be huge.
A joint venue – the National Indoor Sports Arena
(NISA) and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome Precinct – is
being constructed in the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow’s East
End.
The NISA will become a fantastic legacy for Glasgow and
Scotland, acting as the principal indoor sporting venue for high
performance athlete training and world-class competitions. This
venue will have the flexibility to host 5,000 spectators and will
be linked to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
The Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome is named in honour of
Scotland’s most successful gold-medal-winning Olympian and
Commonwealth Games champion. The venue will also become an
unparalleled legacy for Glasgow and Scotland, being suitable for
both high-performance athlete training as well as world-class
competition.
In addition to this spectacular new building, the following
existing venues are being enhanced, refurbished or upgraded:
Glasgow Green Hockey Centre, Tollcross Park Leisure
Centre, Kelvingrove Bowls Centre, Scotstoun Leisure Centre and
Hampden Park.
This will give Glasgow some of the best sporting amenities in
Europe. In turn, this will have a great impact on the City and
Scotland’s sporting achievements and on the possibilities for
general health within Greater Glasgow.
The Athletes’ Village is being developed by Glasgow City Council,
with the City Legacy, a consortium selected as the preferred
development partner click to press release. Following the Games,
the Athletes’ Village will be further developed to become an
attractive residential area comprising a total of 1,400 homes, 300
of which will be available for social rental, as well as a care
home for 120 residents.
Through this initiative, the Glasgow City Council looks to
further bring social and economic value to this area, creating
employment and training opportunities as well as offering
opportunities to local businesses and social enterprises.