Overview

From start to finish what a fantastic experience. For the size of event the Commonwealth Games are every volunteer and security/police officer help make this an enjoyable hassle free experience from start to finish of our day!

Transport & Parking

I was very sceptical about the accessible parking from the very start, and although there is no parking at the venue, what a service!! I phoned up the accessible parking hotline and gave them the date, time, venue and event I had tickets for along with the client reference number, they done the rest. Booked me accessible parking, for this venue, it happens to be the Forge Shopping Centre 10 mins away from the venue. A map and parking permit was sent out with allocated time slot for your session. We were slightly early but seemed no problem. 5 min later we were on the next accessible minibus.

Access

Once at the Forge Shopping Centre the signage was very poor, the minibus took us straight to the door. Wheelchairs are taken to the side for airport style security check. Once through that the venue is accessed via a lift at the left side of the entrance where a steward is waiting to take you up. Once there everything is level access. The one glaringly poor thing once you are at your seat is the position of a metal safety rail. It's directly in your line of vision if in a standard or powered chair.

Toilets

I used one of the toilets outside the viewing area though still in the arena. Plenty space in them and no problems at all for a powered chair. I would advise one thing, take your ticket with you!!! Schoolboy error, almost didn't get back in without my ticket!! :-D

Staff

Could not fault any of the staff, from my initial phonecall re parking, to the security and driver at car park and the security and assistance staff at the venue!! First class!!

Anything else you wish to tell us?

Just a warning, you are only allowed to take in 500ml bottle of fluid!

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