The Ed Rudolph Velodrome is a
velodrome in
Northbrook, Illinois
Northbrook is a suburb of Chicago, located at the northern edge of Cook County, Illinois, United States, on the border of Lake County, Illinois, Lake County. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 35,222.
When incorpo ...
used to host
track cycling events and
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
games. It was the more centrally located of two
Chicago metropolitan area velodromes (the other residing in
Kenosha, Wisconsin), until the Chicago Velo Campus was constructed in 2011. It is owned by the Northbrook Park District.
The velodrome was constructed in 1960 with a perimeter for
track cycling and a grassy infield for
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
games. Every winter, the velodrome was flooded to create a
speed skating rink. Over the years, the track served as a practice rink for members of multiple U.S. Winter Olympics teams. In the 1990s, the District ceased the annual conversion of the velodrome into an
ice rink due to the facility's inability to retain water, which seeped through the soccer field. Ed Harvey, the District director, attributed this to a lowering of the water table caused by construction in the late 1980s.
The track's asphalt was completely resurfaced in 1989, and again in 2004.
See also
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List of cycling tracks and velodromes
References
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External links
Official siteNorthbrook Park District site
Sports venues in Illinois
Velodromes in the United States
Northbrook, Illinois
Soccer venues in Illinois
Sports venues in Cook County, Illinois