Emirates Arena
| Emirates Arena | |
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| Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome | |
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National Indoor Sports Arena (NISA) and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome |
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| place | 1000 London Rd Glasgow G40 3HG, Scotland
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 50 '49.1 " N , 4 ° 12' 26.4" W |
| owner | Glasgow City Council |
| start of building | 2009 |
| opening | October 6, 2012 |
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Emirates Arena: concrete parquet PVC - Velodrome flooring : Siberian spruce |
| costs | £ 113 million |
| architect | 3D Reid (building) Ralph Schürmann (Velodrome) |
| capacity | 6,500 places (basketball) 8,200 places (tennis) 5,000 places (sports hall) 2,500 places (velodrome) |
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The sports complex Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome (previously National Indoor Sports Arena (NISA) and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome ) in the Scottish city of Glasgow was built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in 2009 and opened in October 2012. As of September 2012, the £ 113 million complex has been called the Emirates Arena . Since the 2012/13 season, the Glasgow Rocks from the British Basketball League (BBL) and since its re-edition since 2016, the Scottish Open as part of the Home Nations Series of snooker has been based in the Emirates Arena.
history
The sports facility is located in close proximity to Celtic Park , the football stadium of Celtic FC in the quarter Parkhead. The arena served as the venue for the track cycling and badminton competitions of the Commonwealth Games. In 2017, the twelve badminton courts in the sports complex were the venue for the Badminton World Cup . It also has a hydraulically lowerable athletics facility with six lanes and a length of 200 meters, so that it can also be used for indoor athletics events in the future, as well as additional training halls. There is space for 7,000 spectators in the arena. Construction costs were estimated at around £ 120m at the start of the project .
The Velodrome is the first covered cycling track in Scotland and has a 250-meter-long track made of Siberian stone pine , which was designed by the Münster architect Ralph Schürmann and offers 2,000 seats and 500 standing places. For large events, it can be increased by 2,000 seats. It was handed over to its intended use in 2012. It was named after the multiple Scottish Olympic railroad winner Sir Chris Hoy . In 2012 a track cycling world cup was held there and in 2013 the UCI track world championships for juniors . As part of the European Championships 2018 , the UEC European Rail Championships 2018 will be held in the Velodrome.
Tennis events are also held in the sports complex. In 2015 , the British Davis Cup team reached the semi-finals with Andy Murray . The match was won against Australia 3-2. Before that, they beat the United States 3-2 in the first round . In 2016 the British made it back to the semi-finals, where they lost 3-2 to the Argentines .
Since 2016, the be Scottish Open , a snooker tournament of the home nations Series held here.
Since its completion, the complex has been one of the largest of its kind in Europe. It is also home to the Scottish Sports Association "Sportscotland" and the Scottish Cycling Association .
gallery
Exterior view of the Emirates Arena (2012)
First game of the Glasgow Rocks in the new Emirates Arena against the Newcastle Eagles (2012)
Inside the Velodrome (2012)
Video - Scoreboard in the Velodrome (2012)
Web links
- emiratesarena.co.uk: Official website (English)
- glasgowrocks.co.uk: The Emirates Arena on the website of Glasgow Rocks (English)
- glasgow2014.com: website of the 2014 Commonwealth Games (English)
- heraldscotland.com: Games countdown on track as Velodrome opens doors Article from July 21, 2011
- sir-robert-mcalpine.com: Website of the construction company Sir Robert McAlpine (English)
- youtube.com: Video about the National Indoor Sports Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glasgow unveils naming rights deal for Emirates Arena ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ glasgow2017.com: The Venue ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ^ Council names construction contractor to deliver National Indoor Sports Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 1, 2012 ; accessed on October 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ velodromes.com: List of cycle tracks built by the Schürmann family (English)
- ↑ cyclingnews.com: Glasgow, Scotland secures 2013 junior world track championships Article from January 29, 2010 (English)
