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The Tourism Legacy of The Games – An Overview

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  • On 10th April 2016
“Some savvy marketing exploited Manchester as a City that thinks a table is for dancing on” Daily Telegraph 5th August 2002 Let’s get this into perspective. In terms of world events, the hosting of the Commonwealth Games ranks as the third largest sporting event in the world after the Olympics and the World Cup. The […]
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The Legacy Runs On…

  • Posted by user7
  • On 10th April 2016
The Commonwealth Games Manchester 2002 A Prize Worth Winning? This event had to be about more than municipal ego. More than an opportunity to bathe in the reflected glory of a world event successfully staged. Manchester was always explicit in its intention. In bidding for The Commonwealth Games its aim was not only to deliver […]
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The Games Ambassadors

  • Posted by user7
  • On 10th April 2016
Back in 2000, Manchester invited some of the Worlds outstanding sportsmen and women to become International ambassadors for the Games. With the Wealth of Commonwealth talent available, selecting just a few proved a daunting task. Manchester 2002 wanted to find individuals whose talent and fame transcended their individual countries. Athletes who could personify all the […]
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Sporting legacy

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  • On 10th April 2016
The new investment created by the Commonwealth Games gave Manchester a unique opportunity to redevelop its existing sporting amenities and fund the building of new top class venues such as the National Squash Centre at Eastlands. These improvements have helped the city to attract more national and international sports events and upgrade the facilities available […]
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Sport England

  • Posted by user7
  • On 10th April 2016
Sport England provides the strategic lead for sport in this country and is a distributor of lottery funds to this country. Our mission is to make England an active and successful sporting nation. Sport England’s investment in the Manchester Commonwealth Games made the Games happen. Our investment was not just for the ten days of […]
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Queen’s Jubilee Baton

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  • On 10th April 2016
After an epic 137-day journey of 63,000 miles across the Commonwealth and the UK, The Queen’s Jubilee Baton Relay reached its final destination – the City of Manchester Stadium – where young heroine Kirsty Howard handed the Baton to Her Majesty The Queen with the help of footballing superstar David Beckham. The Queen then took […]
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Opening Ceremony

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  • On 10th April 2016
The XVII Commonwealth Games burst into life with a dazzling 2 hour opening ceremony featuring a cast of 4000 performers, with musical interludes from S Club 7 and Russell Watson, and cameo appearances from sporting stars such as Steve Redgrave and Ellen McArthur. Then, after the athletes of 72 Commonwealth nations had paraded around the […]
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Olympic Legacy

  • Posted by user7
  • On 10th April 2016
2012 London Olympic Games Bid The Manchester Commonwealth Games showed what a successful major sporting event can do for a city and the nation. There is little doubt that the success of the Games played a major part in the Government’s recent decision to bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games for London. Sport […]
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MELBOURNE 2006

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  • On 10th April 2016
COUNTDOWN TO THE MELBOURNE 2006 COMMONWEALTH GAMES In March of 2006, Melbourne, Australia will stage what is expected to be the biggest and brightest Commonwealth Games in history. More than 4,500 Athletes from 72 countries representing almost a third of the world’s population will gather in Melbourne to take part in the XVIII Commonwealth Games. […]
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Hot facts and figures

  • Posted by user7
  • On 10th April 2016
The idea for an Empire Games was first mooted by the Rev Astley Cooper in 1891 when he wrote to the Times proposing a ‘Pan Britannic-Pan Anglican Contest and Festival’ to take place every four years with the aim of ‘increasing the good will and good understanding of the British Empire’. It took another 39 […]
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History of the commonwealth

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  • On 10th April 2016
The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Bobby Robinson, a major influence within athletics in Canada at the time, finally implemented the event that had been talked about amongst Commonwealth nations for over thirty years. Eleven countries with 400 athletes in total participated in the first Commonwealth Games. $30,000 was […]
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Facility Investment

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  • On 10th April 2016
Sportcity The focal point for the 2002 Commonwealth Games was Sportcity, situated to the East of Manchester city centre. Costing £110 million, of which £92 million came from the Sport England Lottery Fund, Sportcity is the largest integrated sports development in Britain, comprising: the City of Manchester Stadium – £77m of lottery funding, total project […]
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East Manchester

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  • On 10th April 2016
As well as providing world class sporting facilities for the Commonwealth Games and future national and international sporting events, the Sportcity complex has been the catalyst for the social and economic regeneration of East Manchester. There is an expectation by all the funding partners that all the facilities at Sportcity should contribute to the lasting […]
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