The following are lists of all
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
venues, starting with
the first Commonwealth Games in 1930, alphabetically, by sport and by year.
As a
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
, competitions held during a given the Commonwealth Games usually take placed in venue across the host city and its metropolitan area. Some Commonwealth competitions may be held outside the host metropolitan area, and in other regions of the host country.
One venue is designated as the big centrepiece
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
of the games. Traditionally as at the
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
, the opening and closing ceremonies and the
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
competitions are held in this Stadium.
There were also 3
Commonwealth Winter Games The Commonwealth Winter Games was a multi-sport event comprising winter sports, last held in 1966. Three editions of the Games have been staged. The Winter Games were designed as a counterbalance to the Commonwealth Games, which focuses on summer sp ...
held in St Moritz 2 years after the summer Commonwealth Games, and 4
Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
The Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were an international, multi-sport event involving athletes with a disability from the Commonwealth countries. The event was sometimes referred to as the Paraplegic Empire Games and British Commonwealth Paraplegi ...
held immediately before and after the summer Commonwealth Games. Both events have now been discontinued, but since 2002 athletes with a disability have competed as full members of their nation teams at the Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Games
Youth games
Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
Commonwealth Winter Games
See also
*
List of Olympic venues
*
List of stadiums in Canada
The following is a list of sports stadiums in Canada.
By capacity
Canada's largest stadiums, ranked in descending order of permanent seating capacity.
By sport
Canadian football
Soccer
Baseball
Tennis
*Aviva Centre - Toronto
*IGA St ...
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Commonwealth Games venues
Lists of sports venues
Venues
Venue is the location at which an event takes place. It may refer to:
Locations
* Venue (law), the place a case is heard
* Financial trading venue, a place or system where financial transactions can occur
* Music venue, place used for a concer ...