Sportcity (sports ground)

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Sportcity Manchester is a sports district in eastern Manchester, that rose to fame as host of the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[1] It hosts the regional base for the English Institute of Sport and so therefore benefits from: Athletics tracks, The National Squash Centre, The Regional Tennis Centre and the City of Manchester Stadium.[2] It was also the proposed location for the "SuperCasino"[3] which was hoped would spur re-generation in the area, but the plan was rejected by the House of Lords.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Games. Commonwealth Games Legacy. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  2. ^ North West Contact. EIS. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  3. ^ Manchester is surprise casino winner. BBC. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  4. ^ Lords throw out plans for Manchester supercasino. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
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