What is Manchester Velodrome?
{{Infobox_Stadium | stadium_name = Manchester Velodrome |image=[[File:Manchester Velodrome.jpg|200px|Manchester Velodrome]] | location = Manchester, England |opened=1994 |owner=City of Manchester |architect = [[Populous (architects)|Populous]] (formerly HOK Sport) |seating_capacity= | acreage =}} '''Manchester Velodrome''' is an indoor cycle-racing [[Race track|track]] (or [[velodrome]]) in [[Manchester]], in the north west of [[England]]. It opened in September 1994 and is the [[United Kingdom]]'s leading indoor [[Olympic Games|Olympic]]-standard track. Today it is home to the National Cycling Centre, and the headquarters of [[British Cycling]], the national governing body. It is open to the public. It hosted the [[track cycling]] in the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]], and the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] world championships in 1996, 2000 and [[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2008]]. The track has a reputation for speed. By 30 March 2008, more than 15 world records had been set there{{Ref|records}}. The records include [[Chris Boardman]]'s 1996 and 2000 [[hour record]]s and the 4000&nbsp;metre [[team pursuit]] record set by the [[Great Britain]] men's team at the 2008 World Championships. The track is 250&nbsp;metres long. Its [[banking]]s reach 42&nbsp;degrees in the middle. The track is as steep at the top as it is on the black (racing) line. On 21 May 2007 the velodrome closed to be re-surfaced. The old track was relaid with Siberian pine. It reopened on 16 July 2007, and is now considered smoother to ride. ==Revolution Series== The Revolution Series was introduced in 2003 to make track cycling more popular. Its goal was to try and build on the success of the well attended events like the World Championships and World Cup Classics Meetings. It was also to provide more regular events for fans to go to. The series started with 4 events over the winter season and quickly built up good regular crowds. The first close to sell out crowd came at the 7th meeting, in 2005, w