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Venues of the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The 2018 Commonwealth Games venues were mostly located in the host city of Gold Coast, though some other events require facilities located elsewhere.

Sporting venues

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The Gold Coast 2018 was hosted across 18 venues located on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns. Sporting venues were well ahead available of Gold Coast 2018 ensuring that they were used and tested before the Games.

Central Gold Coast City

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Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Broadbeach Bowls Club Lawn bowling 2,500 [1]
Carrara Stadium Athletics, Ceremonies (opening/closing) 40,000 [2]
Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre Badminton, Powerlifting, Weightlifting, Wrestling 5,000
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Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Basketball (finals), Netball (preliminaries) 5,000 [4]
Nerang Mountain Bike Trails Cycling (mountain biking) 2,000 [5]

North Gold Coast City

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Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Gymnastics, Netball (finals) 7,500 [6]
Gold Coast Hockey Centre Hockey 5,000 [7]
Gold Coast Aquatic Centre Aquatics (swimming, diving) 10,000/2,500 [8]
Oxenford Studios Boxing, Table Tennis, Squash 2,500/2,750/3,000 [9]
Southport Broadwater Parklands Athletics (marathon, racewalking), Triathlon 2,500 [10]

South Gold Coast City

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Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Currumbin Beachfront Cycling (road) N/A [11]
Coolangatta Beachfront Beach Volleyball 4,000 [12]
Robina Stadium Rugby sevens 27,500 [13]

Outside Gold Coast City

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Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Anna Meares Velodrome Cycling (track) 4,000 [14]
Belmont Shooting Centre Shooting 3,000 [15]
Cairns Convention Centre Basketball (preliminaries) 5,000 [16]
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Basketball (preliminaries) 5,000 [17]

Costs

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The Australian and Queensland Governments and the City of Gold Coast invested A$320 million to deliver new and upgraded venues.[18]

The cost invested on building new venues are below:

Venue Cost
Coomera Indoor Sports Centre A$40 million
Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre A$105 million
Anna Meares Velodrome A$60 million
Oxenford Studios A$15.5 million (Queensland Government A$11.1 million)

The cost invested on upgrading the venues are below:

Venue Cost
Carrara Stadium A$6 million
Carrara Indoor Stadium A$8 million
Gold Coast Aquatic Centre A$41 million
Gold Coast Hockey Centre A$16 million
Broadbeach Bowls Club A$4 million
Nerang Mountain Bike Trails A$3 million
Belmont Shooting Centre A$19 million

Athlete’s Village

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Main article: 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village

The Athletes Village was officially opened from 25 March 2018 and provided accommodation and services to 6,600 athletes and officials in 1252 permanent dwellings. It was located in Southport, Gold Coast and was built at a cost of A$550 million.[19] There were 1170 one and two-bedroom apartments and 82 three-bedroom townhouses. The village had three zones - International, Residential and Operational. The residential zone accommodated athletes and officials and also offered recreation, gym and medical facilities. The equipment in the gym was sponsored by Technogym.[20] Adjoining the gym was the Athlete Recovery Area. The International Zone consisted of retail services, shops and the main dining hall. The Festival 2018 events were also held in the International Zone. The Dining hall served over 18,000 meals per day to the athletes during the Games.[21] Australian telecommunications company Optus opened a store in the International zone named "Yes Optus Store" which provided free calling services to the athletes and officials and other services such as phone charging and watching events of the Games in televisions.[22] Optus also provided free Wifi services in the village.[23]

 
The Athletes Village for the 2018 Commonwealth Games

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Broadbeach Bowls Club | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Carrara Stadium | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Nerang Mountain Bike Trails". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Coomera Indoor Sports Centre | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Gold Coast Hockey Centre | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Optus Aquatic Centre | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Oxenford Studios | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Southport Broadwater Parklands | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Currumbin Beachfront | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Coolangatta Beachfront | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Robina Stadium | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Anna Meares Velodrome | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Belmont Shooting Centre | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Cairns Convention Centre | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  18. ^ "GC2018 venues and Parklands redevelopment (Commonwealth Games Athletes Village) workforce" (PDF). Post Games Report | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. CGF. p. 35. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  19. ^ "GC2018 venues and Parklands redevelopment (Commonwealth Games Athletes Village) workforce" (PDF). Post Games Report | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. CGF. p. 35. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games appoints Technogym as Official Fitness Equipment Supplier". Technogym - gym equipment and fitness solutions for home and business. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Inside the Commonwealth Games Village | Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  22. ^ Tyson, Daniel (19 March 2018). "Optus shows off the 'Yes Optus store' at the 2018 Commonwealth Games athletes village". Ausdroid. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Optus to connect our athletes around the world at the Commonwealth Games". www.optus.com.au. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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