26-641: The National Cycling Centre is a multipurpose cycling venue in Sportcity , Manchester , United Kingdom . It includes an indoor Velodrome and a BMX arena and outdoor mountain bike trials. It also has offices for British Cycling , the governing body for cycling in Britain. The velodrome of the HSBC UK National Cycling Centre was built in 1994 for Manchester Olympic bids. It was Britain's first indoor cycling track. It hosted track cycling events in
52-453: A 40m x 38m sprung wooden floor with courts marked out for 10 x Badminton , 2 x Basketball , 2 x Futsal , and 2 x Korfball . British Cycling and Manchester City Council, in partnership with New East Manchester worked together to deliver the 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m) National Indoor BMX Centre which opened in 2011. It was designed by Ellis Williams Architects, and built by contractors Sir Robert McAlpine . The £24 million complex
78-552: A concert by Manchester indie rock band Elbow , after a series of delays . It is the biggest indoor arena in Europe by capacity, surpassing the nearby AO Arena . In March 2010, Manchester City signed an agreement with Manchester City Council and the New East Manchester Agency to explore alternative leisure proposals to replace the regional casino giving the club permission to expand its facilities. Jack Rouse Associates,
104-515: A floor area of around 950 square metres (10,200 sq ft). Customers were required to register twenty-four hours prior to gaming. Under the terms of the Gambling Act, the Secretary of State is able to define each type of casino, with reference to any matter he or she chooses; although the act specifically mentions as facts to consider the number, location and concentration of gaming tables, and
130-454: A jackpot of £4000. In May 2006, a short-list of eight sites, selected from submissions by local councils, was announced for the regional casino. These were: Wembley was later ruled out, according to the BBC: "The decision came after the local council withdrew its support for the proposed £335m ($ 632m) gambling venue" . This brought the number of potential venues down to seven. The O 2 's proposal
156-593: A leisure centre and Sixth Form college. The National Cycling Centre is a multipurpose cycling venue including the Manchester Velodrome , National Indoor BMX Arena , and mountain bike trials. Manchester Velodrome was built for Manchester Olympic bids in the 1990s and used for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The velodrome had a lasting legacy and in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 , the British cycling team—based at
182-527: Is a multipurpose stadium at SportCity primarily used for athletics and football . It was developed as the warm-up track for the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in the adjacent City of Manchester Stadium. It has hosted the AAA Championships and Paralympic World Cup , and was the reserve home ground of Manchester City reserves before the team moved to Ewen Fields in June 2010. The National Squash Centre
208-520: Is also a Mountain Bike and BMX Skills Zone, featuring a pump track and technical trail features. Official website Italics denote building under construction Sportcity Sportcity in Manchester is a multipurpose sports and leisure facility. Originally built to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games , it is in east Manchester, North West England, a mile from Manchester city centre , and
234-459: Is another part of the Sportcity complex which was constructed for the 2002 Commonwealth Games . Costing approximately £3.5m, the facilities include six courts and a glass-walled show court which cost £110,000. The show court is moveable: it floats on air like a hovercraft and can be positioned in the athletics hall for major tournaments. All the courts can be converted into singles or doubles courts at
260-606: Is the only permanent indoor BMX track in the United Kingdom . It has 2,000 seats, a BMX area and offices for the headquarters of British Cycling . There are mountain bike trails through Clayton Vale , a green space through the Medlock River Valley Corridor, since 2013. The trails are 12 km in length including four skill levels from easy to expert. The National Cycling Centre is the Trail head for this route. There
286-540: The 2002 Commonwealth Games , the Revolution series and the UCI Track Cycling World Championships a record three times ( 1996 , 2000 and 2008 ). More than 15 track cycling world records have been set on the track. The velodrome has been cited as a catalyst for Britain's successes in track cycling since 2002 and nowadays claims to be one of the busiest in the world. The centre of the velodrome has
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#1732851666680312-645: The National Indoor BMX Arena . Future developments will include Manchester City's £50m training complex and a leisure complex. The Sportcity complex is in Beswick and Bradford in east Manchester. A visitor centre provides information on the site's history from a heavily industrialised area to its ongoing regeneration. The Etihad Campus tram stop on the Manchester Metrolink close to Joe Mercer Way became operational on 11 February 2013. Sportcity
338-541: The 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m ) National Indoor BMX Centre which opened in 2011. It was designed by Ellis Williams Architects, and built by contractors Sir Robert McAlpine . Alongside the velodrome, the £24 million complex will form the National Cycling Centre. It has 2,000 seats, a BMX area and offices for the headquarters of the British Cycling Federation . Manchester Regional Arena
364-597: The areas in which large casinos should be licensed: Great Yarmouth ; Kingston-upon-Hull ; Leeds ; Middlesbrough ; Milton Keynes ; Newham ; Solihull and Southampton . In March 2007, the House of Lords rejected the Gambling Order relating to the Manchester casino. In January 2008, under new Prime Minister Gordon Brown , the government confirmed that plans for super casinos would be scrapped. By November 2015, casinos in
390-610: The company that owns Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi emerged as a possible developer. A mixed-use development was listed on its website in October 2010. Regional casino In the United Kingdom, a regional casino ( super casino or mega casino ) was the largest category of casino permitted under law – equivalent in size to the larger casinos in Las Vegas . The first regional casino
416-448: The floor area designated for a specific purpose. Definitions were determined such that the 'super casino' would have a minimum customer area of 5000 square metres and at most 1250 unlimited-jackpot slot machines . 'Large casinos' would have a minimum area of 1000 square metres and up to 150 slot machines with a maximum jackpot of £4000. The 'small casinos' would have a minimum customer area of 750 sq metres, up to 80 slot machines and
442-515: The national media and by a range of addiction-related social and religious groups meant that the final revision of the act permitted only one casino of the largest size, referred to as a 'regional casino', with a further eight 'large' and eight 'small' casinos of a smaller sizes and with reduced jackpot limits. Prior to the act, there were 140 casinos in the UK, the largest of which in Star City, Birmingham had
468-531: The revenue over 35,000 ticket sales which amounted to approximately £2 million. The club plans to increase the stadium's capacity to 60,000 by adding a third tier to the north and south stands. The Etihad Campus is located south east of the main stadium and is the main training base for Manchester City . It is made up of the Academy Stadium which plays host to Manchester City W.F.C. and Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy as well as community spaces such as
494-605: The touch of a button. In August 2022 the Rugby Football League completed its move to Sportcity having previously based at Red Hall in North Leeds . Construction on a 23,500-capacity multi-purpose indoor arena began in 2021, in a joint venture between City Football Group and Oak View Group . The venue, named Co-op Live to reflect significant investment in it by the Co-operative Group , opened on 14 May 2024 with
520-507: The velodrome—dominated the cycling events. The track has garnered a reputation for speed and by 30 March 2008, more than 15 world records had been set there, including Chris Boardman 's 1996 and 2000 hour records and the 4000 metre team pursuit record set by the Great Britain men's team at the 2008 World Championships. British Cycling and Manchester City Council, in partnership with New East Manchester worked together to deliver
546-583: Was announced that the first regional casino would be built in east Manchester near the City of Manchester Stadium . This was regarded as a shock to the Blackpool and The O 2 (formerly the Millennium Dome) bids, both of whom were regarded as the favourites. However, the Blackpool bid organisers pledged to continue the work in getting government approval for a 'supercasino'. The Casino Advisory Panel also recommend
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#1732851666680572-556: Was developed on former industrial land including the site of Bradford Colliery . Sportcity's largest structure, the City of Manchester Stadium , is home to Manchester City F.C. and is one of the largest football stadiums in England. Sportcity is also home to the National Squash Centre , Rugby Football League headquarters, Manchester Regional Arena for athletics and British Cycling , who operate from Manchester Velodrome and
598-528: Was involved in controversy after it was revealed that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had stayed at the ranch of Philip Anschutz , whose Anschutz Entertainment Group was involved in the reopening of the Millennium Dome site as a sporting and entertainment venue. In August 2006 it was reported that construction of the shell of The O 2 's super casino site had already started. Sites rejected at this shortlisting phase included: On 30 January 2007, it
624-435: Was proposed in 2007 for Manchester , but the scheme was scrapped by the government in 2008. The Gambling Act 2005 revised many regulations relating to gambling in England. Among the more controversial provisions was the establishment of a number of 'destination casinos' in the style of Las Vegas, referred to in the media as 'super casinos'. Initial drafts of the act proposed eight regional casinos, but concerns expressed in
650-418: Was the proposed location for the U.K.'s first SuperCasino , but the plan was rejected by the House of Lords . It was also the proposed site of an 85-metre (279 ft) wind turbine in 2006. Designed by Norman Foster , the turbine was intended to provide power for the stadium and nearby homes, but safety concerns about ice on the blades led to the proposal being abandoned. The City of Manchester Stadium
676-411: Was used for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and is the home of Manchester City Football Club . The stadium with twelve 70 metre high masts and a capacity of just over 55,000 has become a landmark on the Manchester skyline. The stadium is leased to the football club. The stadium lease was renegotiated in October 2010 and Manchester City will pay Manchester City Council £3 million a year rather than paying half
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