{"id":188846,"date":"2025-06-16T11:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/188846\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T11:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:23:12","slug":"work-to-upgrade-incredible-scottish-stadium-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/188846\/","title":{"rendered":"Work to upgrade \u2018incredible\u2019 Scottish stadium for\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  WORK is underway to upgrade Scotstoun Stadium ahead of next summer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/commonwealth-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commonwealth Games<\/a> in Glasgow.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The city is hosting the sporting event for the second time in just over a decade after stepping in when the original host, Victoria in Australia, pulled out last year.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A scaled-back version of the Commonwealth Games will take place between July 23 and August 2 next year and will feature around 3000 athletes from 74 nations.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The work at Scotstoun, home of the Glasgow Warriors rugby team, has been described as a \u201csignificant milestone\u201d as the existing athletics track at the ground is being ripped up this week and the temporary stands at either end dismantled.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A new surface will be laid between now and September in what is the first stage of the redevelopment, with the Warriors returning to the stadium before work resumes next spring.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  No public money will be spent on the work, and the track will be gifted to the city after the conclusion of the Games.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThere will be an electric atmosphere at Scotstoun, given the calibre and scale of the athletics competition taking place there,\u201d Glasgow 2026 chief executive Phil Batty said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe can&#8217;t wait to see Scotstoun come alive and the brilliant sporting moments that will take place in this incredible venue.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>(Image: Calum Chittleburgh &#8211; SNS Group)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Glasgow last hosted the games in 2014, in what was widely seen as a major success.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Next summer\u2019s event will be a scaled-down version of the event due to the short notice to prepare.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ten sports will take place across four venues, including Scotstoun Stadium, Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Emirates Arena, and the Scottish Event Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WORK is underway to upgrade Scotstoun Stadium ahead of next summer\u2019s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.\u00a0 The city is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[1500,748,4044,5686,4884,5681,12,5683,5682,5684,712,5685,16,15,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-188846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-daily-news","11":"tag-global-news","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-inkl","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-news-app","16":"tag-news-headlines","17":"tag-news-today","18":"tag-scotland","19":"tag-today-news","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114692790893309077","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}