Caird Park Velodrome Explained

The Caird Park Velodrome is an outdoor 402.25m (1,319.72feet) concrete velodrome in Dundee, Scotland. Adjacent to the velodrome is an athletics stadium with a 400m (1,300feet) running track, 18- and 9-hole golf courses, several football pitches and a rugby pitch, whilst in the centre of the velodrome is a football pitch, as it is one of two major outdoor sport complexes in the city.

In 2012 Sport Scotland spent £300,000 on redevelopment of the velodrome.

The velodrome is home to the Discovery Juniors Cycling Club, which Scottish gold medal cyclist Mark Stewart was a member of.^[1] Since his gold medal win at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, there have been calls for the velodrome to be renamed after him.^{[2] [3]}

Had Scotland and Ireland's UEFA Euro 2008 bid been successful, a new stadium would have been built in Caird Park.

See also

• List of cycling tracks and velodromes

References

1. News: Call for Caird Park velodrome to be renamed after Mark Stewart, 'Dundee's golden hero'. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412083019/https://thedundeeculturenews.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/call-for-caird-park-velodrome-to-be-renamed-after-mark-stewart-dundees-golden-hero/. dead. 2018-04-12. 2018-04-11. Dundee Culture Social. 2018-04-11. en-US.
2. News: Call to rename velodrome after Commonwealth gold medal-winning Dundee cyclist. Evening Telegraph. 2018-04-11. en-GB. 0307-1235.
3. News: Campaign to name velodrome after Dundee gold medal hero - The Courier. The Courier. 2018-04-11. en-GB.

External links

• information at FixedGearFever.com