Venues of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

The Float@Marina Bay, a 25,000-seater floating platform, hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
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2010 Summer Youth Olympics

The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics were held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010. A total of 3,600 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 201 events in 26 sports.[1][2][n 1] Events took place at eighteen competition venues, of which eleven were pre-existing venues, one was newly constructed for the Olympics, and six were temporary venues that would be removed following the Games. Another twelve venues were set aside for training purposes. The Youth Olympic Village was a separate non-competitive venue that provided accommodation and activities for the athletes.

The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) organised the Games, which the city-state of Singapore won the bid to host on 21 February 2008.[3] The Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre was the only venue constructed for the Games. Certain venues such as the Singapore Indoor Stadium and The Float@Marina Bay were temporarily converted to host certain sports and events, while the Kallang Field was upgraded to be able to host the archery competition.[4]

The Float@Marina Bay, the world's largest floating stage,[5] was the main venue for the Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies.[6] It was also the largest venue in terms of seating capacity at the Games, capable of holding 25,000 spectators. The 55,000-seater National Stadium was not used as it was undergoing demolition to make way for the Singapore Sports Hub expected to open after the Games.[7] Discounting venues which do not have spectator seating such as the National Sailing Centre, the smallest venue in terms of seating capacity was the Kallang Field which could hold 500.

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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kallang Field was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "First youth Olympic flame lit". The Straits Times. Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Catch the Excitement of Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Sale of Opening Ceremony Tickets". Around the Rings. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  7. ^ Tan Yo-Hinn (16 July 2010). "Grand Old Dame takes one step closer to destruction". Today. MediaCorp. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.