The bid was headed by
Bob Scott, who also led the previous bid by Manchester for the
1996 Summer Olympics. The bid document was presented to the IOC on 1 February 1993, and was presented on 17 February 1993 by
Prime Minister John Major in a press conference at
10 Downing Street to officially launch Manchester's bid. Major continued to show his support for the Manchester bid when prompted in interviews. Manchester's Olympic budget for their bid was £5.5 million.
Venues The venues included buildings which were already constructed as part of the previous Manchester
bid for the 1996 Games. This included venues such as the
Manchester Velodrome which cost £3 million, Some forty businesses were issued with
compulsory purchase orders in order to free up the space to build the stadium, The table tennis and fencing events were to take place in
Liverpool and the sailing events were to take place in
Pwllheli,
Wales. The full list of venues were as follow: • Archery - Carden Park, Cheshire (35 mn from OV, 5,000 spectators) • Athletics - Olympic Stadium at Barton Cross (access by foot from OV, 80,000 spectators) - built for the Games • Badminton - Ordsall Stadium in Salford (10 mn from OV, 5,000 spectators) - modular stadium (i.e. multi-purpose stadium) built for the Games • Baseball - Old Trafford (15 mn from OV, 20,000) existing + Wytheshawe Park (10 mn, 10,000) new • Basketball - new Manchester arena (15 mn, 12,000) - modular stadium built for the Games • Boxing - Zeri stadium in Huncoat (20 mn, 12,000) - planned • Canoeing - flat water on a planned extended lake at Pennington Flash (20 mn, 30,000), and whitewater in Burrs (20 mn) • Cycling - Tameside Velodrome (20 mn) • Swimming - Olympic Swimming Pool at Barton Cross (access by foot from OV, 8,000 for diving, 10,000 for swimming) - purpose built • Equestrian - Haydock Park (15 mn, 40,000) • Fencing - Festival Hall in Liverpool (4,000) • Football - Old Trafford, Anfield, Goodison Park, Maine Road • Gymnastics - the Olympic Arena at Barton Cross (access by foot, 20,000) - purpose built • Handball - Oldham stadium (20 mn, 6,000) finals at the Olympic Arena - existing • Hockey - Bolton (20 mn, 20,000) • Judo - Modular Stadium of Platt Fields (15 mn, 5,000) • Modern Pentathlon - Carden Park, Cheshire (running, shooting), Festival Hall in Liverpool (fencing), Haydock Park (equestrian), swimming at the Olympic Swimming Pool • Rowing - planned extended lake at Pennington Flash (20 mn, 30,000) • Shooting - Carden Park, Cheshire • Table Tennis - King's Dock Stadium in Liverpool (30 mn, 10,000) • Tennis - Matchpoint, Bramhall (20 mn, 10,000 + 2 * 3,000) • Volleyball - G Mex (15 mn, 5,000) + finals at the Olympic Arena - under refurbishment • Weightlifting - Granada Centre (10 mn, 6,000) - under construction • Wrestling - Bolton Stadium (20 mn, 5,000) - to be built (
Reebok Stadium) • Sailing - Pwllheli
Olympic village The
Olympic village was to have been built along the
Manchester Ship Canal in converted warehouses close to the sporting venues which would give athletes the ability to walk to 14 of the 25 venues. Every athlete would have had an individual bedroom in the properties.
Bid factors The Manchester bid was fully supported by the
Conservative government led by John Major, and it was seen as being a regenerative project for East Manchester with the Government providing additional funding for other local regeneration projects on top of that supplied for the Olympic bid. ==Outlook==