Millenáris Sporttelep, Sports complex in Zugló, Hungary
Millenáris Sporttelep is a sports complex featuring a 412-meter concrete cycling track and additional multi-purpose facilities for various sports. The grandstands accommodate around 8,130 spectators and host regular competitions and training sessions throughout the year.
Millenáris Sporttelep opened on 14 May 1896, built for the millennium festivities to plans by engineer Ottó Titusz Bláthy, with a flat 500-metre asphalt track. It took its present form in 1927–28, rebuilt to designs by Alfréd Hajós and Aladár Mattyók; the new 415-metre track, banked 36 degrees in the bends, was inaugurated on 8 June 1928 for the 31st cycling world championships.
The name refers to the 1896 millennium celebrations, when the ground opened on 14 May. It hosted Hungary's first public football match on 31 October 1897, and from 1956 to 1986, and again from 2009, it has served in winter as the country's second artificial ice rink.
The velodrome sits in Budapest's XIV district at the Millenáris site; the track and grandstands are outdoors, so visits depend on the racing calendar. The 415-metre concrete track is banked 36 degrees in the bends, and the stands hold 8,130 spectators. In winter the infield has served as an artificial ice rink since 2009, so check which surface is in use before going.
The track hosted the 1928 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and in 1949 and 1954 it held the World University Championships (főiskolai világbajnokság). It was also the country's second artificial ice rink, used in winter from 1956 to 1986 and again from 2009.
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