Manchester Aquatics Centre

The Manchester Aquatics Centre is a public aquatics sports facility south of the centre of Manchester, England, north of the main buildings of the University of Manchester, and near the Manchester Metropolitan University. It was purpose–built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and cost £32 million to build. It is jointly owned by the Manchester City Council, the University of Manchester and the Manchester Metropolitan University. The centre is the home of the City of Manchester Aquatics Swim Team, as well as Disability Swimming and Water Polo athletes within the English Institute of Sport. Before it was built, for many years its site was open waste ground left by demolishing inner-city industrial terrace houses. The building was designed...