Dunc Gray Velodrome

Dunc Gray Velodrome
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LocationCarysfield Road, Bass Hill, Sydney
Coordinates33°54′27″S 150°59′55″E / 33.90750°S 150.99861°E / -33.90750; 150.99861
Capacity3,150
5,821 (2000 Summer Olympics)
SurfaceBaltic Pine
Construction
Broke groundMay 1998
Opened26 January 2000
Construction costA$42m
ArchitectRon Webb (track)

Dunc Gray Velodrome is a velodrome located at Bass Hill approximately five kilometres north west of the Sydney suburb of Bankstown. The cycling venue for the 2000 Summer Olympics, the Dunc Gray Velodrome was opened on 28 November 1999 with an opening ceremony which included performances by local talent Darren Sharp and other community groups. The Velodrome is named after Dunc Gray, the first Australian to win a cycling gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932.[1]

At the time of its construction, the State Government owned the velodrome. Bankstown Council managed the velodrome under a sublease. In 1998, the council sublet the velodrome to Bankstown Sports Club, under a 21-year sublease. The council resumed control of the velodrome in 2019.[1]

  1. ^ a b James Beech (11 August 2015). "Sydney Olympics: Future plans for Dunc Gray Velodrome 15 years after Olympics". Canterbury-Bankstown Express. Retrieved 25 June 2016.