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Liverpool's Commonwealth Games bid includes floating pool Liverpool's Commonwealth Games bid includes floating pool
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A floating swimming pool is to be the centrepiece of Liverpool's bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.A floating swimming pool is to be the centrepiece of Liverpool's bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The 50m pool structure will be built on the water near Albert Dock. There will be seating for 5,000 spectators. The 50m pool structure, with seating for 5,000 spectators, would be built on the water near Albert Dock.
The city's bid team and Mayor Joe Anderson hope the pool will showcase the city to a potential TV audience of more than a billion. The bid, which also includes events at both Everton's existing and proposed new stadiums, would see some events held in Greater Manchester.
Liverpool is battling against Birmingham to be England's bidder for the games. Liverpool faces competition from Birmingham to be England's official bid for the games.
The pool will be fixed to the walls of a dock, but will rest on the water. The pool, which would be fixed to the walls of a dock but rest on the water, would become a public lido after the games.
Once the games are over the stands would be removed and the pool would be opened to the public as a city centre lido. The city's waterfront venues - including the conference centre and Pier Head - would host a wide range of events, including weightlifting, judo, netball, road cycling and the pole vault, long jump and triple jump, though the majority of the athletics would be staged at Everton's new Bramley Moore Dock stadium.
As expected, Everton's new stadium at Bramley Moore Dock is set to become the main athletics venue. The football club's existing ground, Goodison Park, would host boxing, while across Stanley Park - which itself would see lawn bowls - Liverpool's Anfield would stage the opening ceremony and the rugby sevens.
The details of Liverpool's bid will be unveiled later on Friday in a presentation featuring Commonwealth Games gymnastics gold medallist Beth Tweddle, swimmer Steve Parry, and three-time Commonwealth medallist and boxing champion Tony Bellew. 'Innovative and inspiring'
Bid timetable The details of Liverpool's bid were unveiled in a presentation featuring local Commonwealth stars, including gymnastics gold medallist Beth Tweddle, swimmer Steve Parry, and three-time boxing medallist Tony Bellew.
Bid judges will be in the city next month and a final decision on where the games will be held will be made before the end of the year. Parry said his home city would be "the perfect host" and described the pool plan as "an absolute knockout".
The council, which is co-ordinating the bid, wants to hold events throughout the city with the waterfront at the heart of its bid. Greater Manchester's National Squash Centre, Old Trafford cricket ground and Manchester Velodrome would host squash, T20 cricket and track cycling.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has been searching for a new host for the 2022 games since it decided in March that the South African city of Durban had not met the criteria for hosting the games. The latter two events are part of the Liverpool bid's "optional sports", events which the host city chooses to be part of the programme alongside a minimum of 10 "core sports".
The CGF Review is due to make a decision early in the autumn after evaluation of proposals of potential host cities in a slimmed down selection process. Manchester City Council leader Sir Richard Leese said the city's Commonwealth pedigree and its "elite sporting venues" meant the authority was "pleased to be able to assist Liverpool in its quest to deliver an inclusive, innovative and inspiring games".
Bid judges will visit Liverpool in July and a final decision on where the games will be held will be made before the end of the year.
The Commonwealth Games Federation has been searching for a new host for the 2022 games since it decided in March that Durban had not met the criteria for hosting.
Australia, Canada and Malaysia have also expressed interest in being the hosts.Australia, Canada and Malaysia have also expressed interest in being the hosts.
The last Commonwealth Games was in 2014 in Glasgow. The 2018 games is being held in Gold Coast, Australia.