What is happening in the city of Glasgow?

There are many interesting thing happening in Glasgow now and in the future. Here are some of the events happening in and around Glasgow soon.

 

 

The 2014 Commonwealth Games (officially the XX Commonwealth Games) will be held in the city of Glasgow over 11 days of competition. The games will begin on the 23^rd of July and end on the 3^rd of August.

Venues

There will be 14 venues used for the Games including the Athlete’s Village. Here are the venues that will be used:

• Celtic Park – Opening Ceremony

• Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

• Hampden Park

• Tollcross International Swimming Centre

• Royal Commonwealth Pool

• Scotstoun Sports Campus

• Strathclyde Country Park

• Barry Buddon Shooting Centre

• Kevlingrove Lawn Bowls Centre

• Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails

• Glasgow Green Hockey Centre

• Ibrox Stadium – Closing Stadium

• Athlete’s Village

Sports

There are 17 sports in total. Here are the sports athletes will be competing in:

• Aquatics

• Athletics

• Badminton

• Boxing

• Cycling

• Gymnastics

• Hockey

• Judo

• Lawn Bowls

• Netball

• Rugby Sevens

• Shooting

• Squash

• Table Tennis

• Triathlon

• Weightlifting

• wrestling