{"id":629,"date":"2011-11-20T15:50:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T15:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=629"},"modified":"2013-11-16T23:35:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T23:35:40","slug":"nisa-chris-hoy-velodrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/miscellaneous\/nisa-chris-hoy-velodrome\/","title":{"rendered":"NISA \/ Chris Hoy Velodrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Commonwealth Games are coming to Glasgow in 2014, and as usual with these big things it means lots of construction – existing venues are being reused a lot, but we’re also getting a big new sports arena – the National Indoor Sports Arena and the Chris Hoy Velodrome. This was a visit from May.<\/p>\n

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\nConstruction of the main structure was mostly complete, so I thought it was a good time to go along for a first look. This is the NISA, which will have a hydraulically-operated 200m running track (not sure exactly what that means) and 5,000 seats.<\/p>\n

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Next door, connected by a “hub” with the facilities, is the velodrome, which will have a 250m high-banked track and 2,000 seats.<\/p>\n

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What’s that you say? Overhead gantries? I don’t mind if I do \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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