Editing 2002 Commonwealth Games (section)

=== Venues ===
[[File:Manchester-city-fc-stadium.jpg|alt=|thumb|The [[City of Manchester Stadium]] hosted Athletics and Rugby Sevens events]]
[[File:CWG027 Manchester Aquatics Centre.jpg|thumb|[[Manchester Aquatics Centre]] hosted Diving and Swimming events|left]]
[[File:MEN Arena, Manchester - panoramio.jpg|thumb|The [[Manchester Arena]] hosted the boxing and netball events|left]]
[[File:Manchester Velodrome.jpg|thumb|[[Manchester Velodrome]] hosted the track cycling programme]]
[[File:Manchester Central Arena.jpg|left|thumb|[[Manchester Central Convention Complex]] hosted gymnastics, judo, weightlifting and wrestling]]
[[File:Bolton Arena, Entrance - geograph.org.uk - 1221257.jpg|thumb|[[Bolton Arena]] hosted badminton]]
The Games' main venue was the [[City of Manchester Stadium]] (now Etihad Stadium), which hosted all athletics events, the rugby sevens and the opening and closing ceremonies. The stadium was a smaller and downscaled  version of that proposed during Manchester's bid for the [[2000 Summer Olympics bids|2000 Summer Olympics]]. Construction started in January 2000,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cae.org.uk/casemanchester.html|title=City of Manchester Stadium|work=Centre for Accessible Environments|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719215927/http://www.cae.org.uk/casemanchester.html|archive-date=19 July 2006|url-status=dead|access-date=22 July 2006}}</ref> and was completed shortly before the Games. The cost was approximately £110 million, £77 million of which was provided by [[Sport England]], with the remainder funded by [[Manchester City Council]].<ref name="legacy">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gameslegacy.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/30|title=City of Manchester Stadium|work=Commonwealth Games Legacy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103144802/http://www.gameslegacy.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/30|archive-date=3 January 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=27 August 2006}}</ref> For the Commonwealth Games the stadium featured a single lower tier running around three sides of the [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] track, and second tiers to the two sides, with an open-air temporary stand at one end, giving an overall capacity of 41,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/a-question-of-sport/175036.article|title=a question of sport|last=Taylor|first=David|date=16 May 2002|work=The Architects Journal|access-date=11 June 2012}}</ref> The stadium formed the centrepiece of an area known as [[Sportcity]]. Other venues in Sportcity include the [[Manchester Velodrome]], which hosted cycling, and the £3.5 million [[National Squash Centre]], which was built specifically for the Games.<ref name="squashcentre">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2005/09/21/national_squash_centre_venue_feature.shtml|title=National Squash Centre|work=BBC|access-date=2 May 2008}}</ref>

Swimming and diving events took place at [[Manchester Aquatics Centre]], another purpose-built venue, and until 2012,was the only one in the United Kingdom with two 50 metre pools.<ref name="aquatics">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/spl/venue_guide/html/aquatics_ctr.stm|title=Venue Guide: Manchester Aquatics Centre|work=BBC|access-date=2 May 2008}}</ref>

The [[Manchester Arena]] built in 1994, at the time was the largest arena in Europe hosted [[netball]] finals and [[boxing]] preliminares.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/spl/venue_guide/html/man_arena.stm|title=Venue Guide: Manchester Evening News Arena|date=23 July 2014|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2014-07-23}}</ref>

The shooting events were held at the [[National Shooting Centre]] (NSC), Bisley (located in Surrey). The NSC saw major redevelopment of all its ranges in order to host the fullbore rifle, smallbore rifle, pistol and clay target events.