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Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi

• November 2003: Delhi wins bid to host Games

• February 2005: Organising Committee

Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi responsible

for conduct and delivery of Games

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7,000 Athletes & Team Officials

1,500 Technical officials

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Largest Ever Participation

16 September - Arrival of advanced teams from CGA

23rd September -Teams check in at Village

23rd September - Opening of Main Press Centre

3rdOctober - Opening ceremony

14thOctober - Closing ceremony

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Important Dates

Special Features in Commonwealth Games

• Green Games

•Longest Queen’s Baton

Relay

•High Definition telecast

•Largest media participation

•State of the art technology

across operations

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Aerostat at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Longest Queen’s Baton Relay

Covering 190,000 kms

71 Commonwealth Nations

100 days in India

Queen’s Baton Relay

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Green Games

•3.5 million trees planted in Delhi

•Energy saving fixtures and CFLs used at venues

•Paper recycling

•Water Conservation at all venues

•Thaygaraj Stadium –A model green stadium

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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

•Opening /Closing ceremonies

•Seating capacity:60,000

•Athletics

•Weightlifting

•Lawn Bowls

•PTFE membrane roof

•Earthquake resistant building

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Talkatora Stadium

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Talkatora Indoor Stadium

Boxing

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Venue for Commonwealth Boxing Championship in March 2010

Commonwealth Boxing Championship Test Event

•Two New Stadia constructed for Cycling and Wrestling

•Original Stadium for Gymnastics renovated

•Permanent timber cycling track

•Thermal insulation on roof

Indira Gandhi Sports Complex

Cycling, Gymnastics and Wrestling

Gymnastics test event (Federation Cup) held in August 2010 12

Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium

Hockey

•Historic venue-built in 1933

•Venue for Men’s Hockey World Cup in

Feb/March 2010

•Brand new synthetic hockey turfs

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Green Building Concept : •Rain water harvesting

•Effluent Treatment Plant

•Grid Interactive One Megawatt Solar energy

Thyagaraj Sports Complex

Netball

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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Aquatic Complex

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• World’s first pool based on Cohestrands technology from France

Games Village

Residential Zone

• 14 blocks, 34 towers,

• 1,168 air-conditioned

flats

•International Zone

•Training areas

•Gymnasium

•Fitness centre

•Discotheque

•20 electric buses for

shuttle service

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Well appointed Air Conditioned 2 to 5 bedroom apartments.

8,000 beds including 250 for Para-Sport athletes

Games Village: Ensuring a comfortable stay for athletes

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Games Village - Catering

• Kitchen to serve 36,000 meals per day

• International norms of hygiene

• Regular food safety and food audit tests

• All items to carry Nutrition & Allergic Foods

information

• International nutrition standards to meet

special requirements

• Menu from all six regions of the

Commonwealth

• Packed meals for athletes from Village18

Press Operations

•Main Press Center at Pragati Maidan Hall 12-12A

•Venue Media Centers in each stadia

•State of the Art facilities

• New Initiatives - CATV in High-definition - Live telecast from stadia• 600 workstations

•Games News Service

•Press Conference Halls19

Broadcasting

• Host Broadcaster-Doordarshan• Largest live television coverage for any Commonwealth

Games – including US and Canada• Extensive coverage through

– Network 10 and FoxTel in Australia– TVNZ in New Zealand– BBC in United Kingdom– SABC in South Africa– BON in Nigeria– Asia Broadcasting Union (ABU) for key Asian

Commonwealth Countries

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SECURITY

Delhi Police ensuring safe Games   Security arrangements: •Athlete security (Airport, Village etc)•Venue security (Competition and Non Competition)•In – transit security•Emergency Management

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Transport

• Transport at three levels-T1 & T2 cars,T3&T4 buses

• Special buses with GPRS for:– Athletes– Delegates– Media

• All buses with special access and seating

• Specially marked lanes on key roads for speedy movement

• Metro services across the city• Airport Express Line• Park and Ride facility

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Ticketing Website

www.tickets.cwgdelhi2010.org

• Comprehensive information on events, schedule, seat maps and prices

• Buy tickets through debit/credit card and net banking

To book tickets online log on to

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Volunteers: “Face of the Games”

30,000 volunteers

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