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 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 VenueSportsCapacityRef.Broadbeach Bowls ClubLawn bowling2,500Carrara StadiumAthletics, Ceremonies (opening/closing) 40,000Carrara Sports and Leisure CentreBadminton, Powerlifting, Weightlifting, Wrestling 5,000Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition CentreBasketball (finals), Netball (preliminaries) 5,000Nerang Mountain Bike TrailsCycling (mountain biking) 2,000
North Gold Coast City VenueSportsCapacityRef.Coomera Indoor Sports CentreGymnastics, Netball (finals) 7,500Gold Coast Hockey CentreHockey 5,000Gold Coast Aquatic CentreAquatics (swimming, diving)10,000/2,500Oxenford StudiosBoxing, Table Tennis, Squash 2,500/2,750/3,000Southport Broadwater ParklandsAthletics (marathon, racewalking), Triathlon 2,500
South Gold Coast City VenueSportsCapacityRef.Currumbin BeachfrontCycling (road) N/ACoolangatta BeachfrontBeach Volleyball 4,000Robina StadiumRugby sevens 27,500
Outside Gold Coast City VenueSportsCapacityRef.Anna Meares VelodromeCycling (track) 4,000Belmont Shooting CentreShooting 3,000Cairns Convention CentreBasketball (preliminaries) 5,000Townsville Entertainment and Convention CentreBasketball (preliminaries) 5,000
Costs The Australian and Queensland Governments and the City of Gold Coast invested A$320 million to deliver new and upgraded venues.
The cost invested on building new venues are below: VenueCostCoomera Indoor Sports CentreA$40 millionCarrara Sports and Leisure CentreA$105 millionAnna Meares VelodromeA$60 millionOxenford StudiosA$15.5 million (Queensland Government A$11.1 million) The cost invested on upgrading the venues are below: VenueCostCarrara StadiumA$6 millionCarrara Indoor StadiumA$8 millionGold Coast Aquatic CentreA$41 millionGold Coast Hockey CentreA$16 millionBroadbeach Bowls ClubA$4 millionNerang Mountain Bike TrailsA$3 millionBelmont Shooting CentreA$19 million
Athlete’s 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. 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. 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. 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. Optus also provided free Wifi services in the village.
See also
List of Commonwealth Games venues
References