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 cost of £110m
• a 400 metre Athletics track
• an indoor Athletics training facility
• a National Centre for Squash with seven courts
• an Indoor Tennis Centre
• Sports Science and Medicine facilities
• the National Cycling Centre

There are opportunities for the local community to use all of the Sportcity facilities such as the National Squash Centre, tennis centre, indoor and outdoor athletics track, health and fitness suite and sports medicine facilities every day of the year.

Sportcity is also the North West home of the English Institute of Sport, part of a nationwide network of world class training facilities and support services designed to improve the performance of Britain's top athletes.

City of Manchester Stadium
Sport England invested £77 million of lottery funding into the City of Manchester Stadium, which was the centrepiece of the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. A further £33 million of funding came from the City Council.

The Stadium was officially handed over to Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) in July 2003, thus ensuring a lasting legacy for the city of Manchester and the people of the North West.

As the anchor tenant, MCFC is responsible for all maintenance, repair, and renewal of the facility as well as all operational risk. The deal ensures that the stadium does not become a “white elephant”.    Sport England and Manchester City Council has agreed a profit sharing scheme with MCFC, which means that 50% of the value of every seat over 32,000 and 60% of the value of every seat above 40,000 sold at MCFC matches will be reinvested into local sports development programmes and local sports facilities.  It is estimated that at least £2m in rent per year will be available for this purpose and all usage is at Sport England’s discretion.  The Stadium is also available for 100 days per year community usage, which should include 30 days use of the pitch per year.  Sport England and Manchester City Council are currently developing a programme of usage at the Stadium.  Usage could include events such as local and regional schools or club finals, educational uses, such as the Learning Through Football Programme, community adult education programmes, coach education courses etc.  We are also in discussion with MCFC to agree a policy for the distribution of surplus match day tickets to local people and school children at nil/reduced cost within a reasonable period before the start of a match.

The athletics track that was used at the Games has been moved to four sites – the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, Thorns Park Athletics Stadium in Wakefield, and the North East Pole Vault Academy.  This has ensured that the track has not gone to waste and illustrates how the funding of international sports events can offer a lasting sporting legacy.