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GLASGOW: "People Place Passion" Glasgow makes its Bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games |
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Glasgow 2014
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Written by Glasgow 2014
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Wednesday, 09 May 2007 |
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A Glasgow Games would leave a
lasting legacy for Scotland and the entire Commonwealth, Louise Martin,
Chair of the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland said today.
She was speaking in London at the handover of the Candidate City
File (30.9MB)(CCF) to the Commonwealth Games Federation. Titled
‘People, Place and Passion’ the CCF contains detailed plans on all
aspects of Glasgow’s Bid – covering areas as diverse as venues,
transport, medical services and culture.
The title reflects the context for the Games – a diverse and
welcoming population, an amazing city and country and an extraordinary
passion for sport and the Games.
The key points of the Bid are:
• A compact Games, 90% of all competition and training venues will be within a 20 minute drive of the Games Village
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The Games will make best use of existing venues in Glasgow – including
the three main stadia in the city – Hampden (Track and Field), Ibrox
Stadium(Rugby 7s) and Celtic Park (Opening Ceremony)
• An environmentally friendly Games – with significant brownfield sites brought back into constructive use
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New and amended venues will be constructed in such a way as to ensure
that they are suitable for the community after the Games.
• For the
Games Village - a new community of over 1000 homes will be built on the
banks of the Clyde at Dalmarnock – all of which would be available for
sale and social housing after the Games
• The creation of a special,
targeted Sports Development Fund to help countries with their training
and preparation for the Games – potentially including the setting up of
holding and training camps right across Scotland
Speaking in London, Louise Martin said:
“Our Candidate City File
represents our vision for the Games in 2014. A vision of an
athlete-centred Games with everything geared towards helping every
athlete achieve the extraordinary. A vision of a city and a country
leaving a legacy of sport and opportunity throughout the Commonwealth
for generations to come.
“The document (30.9MB) is over 600 pages long – but three words best sum up the Glasgow story. People, place and passion.
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people of Scotland and the people of the Commonwealth will be united in
sport and in celebration. Glasgow and its world class venues will be
the ideal environment for records to be broken and personal bests
shattered. The roar of our passionate Scottish crowd will take care of
that. This is the context in which we want all athletes to have the
performance of their lives.”
Further Information:
> Glasgow2014.com
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