Commonwealth Games venues attracting millions
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Commonwealth Games venues in Glasgow have been used millions of times since they opened, a new report shows.
Three of the main venues for the 2014 Games, the Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Tollcross International Swimming Centre and Scotstoun Sports Campus have seen 6.7m attendances since they either opened or re-opened after refurbishment for the Games.
Scotstoun Sports campus which includes the athletics track, rugby pitch used by Glasgow Warriors and the leisure centre, swimming pool and badminton centre attracted more than three million attendances with 9000 regular Glasgow Club users.
More than 2.2milion attendances were recorded at Tollcross Swimming Centre, which is home to the City of Glasgow swim team.
It is used regularly by almost 7000 Glasgow Club Users.
The Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome has been attended more than 1million times including 20,000 every year at the velodrome and 3,800 Glasgow Club users.
The figures are revealed in a paper to the Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee on participation in sport.
The report by Glasgow Sport stated: "Commonwealth Games venues, new and re-furbished, have become an unparalleled legacy for Glasgow and Scotland leaving Glasgow with some of the best sporting amenities in Europe.
"Since 2009, £196m has been invested in sports facilities across the city including those which served as Games venues. All sports facilities were complete and in use by the community more than a year before the Games. Glasgow adopted a deliberate policy of capital investment in the most deprived areas of the city."
The report also note barriers preventing people volunteering with sports clubs to increase participation in community sports across the city.
Among the main reasons were lack of available time, lack of understanding of the roles to get involved in and being unable to afford extra expense that might be incurred.
Also misunderstandings about disclosure checks and a lack of qualifications was also seen to be holding people back for volunteering.
Glasgow Sport said it was taking actions to overcome the barriers and enable more people to get involved with community groups.