Edmonton will soon have a year-round velodrome when the new Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre opens next year.

This means the nearly 50-year-old Argyll Velodrome will soon see its final lap. The city has approved funding to demolish it.

The velodrome was used in the Commonwealth Games in 1978 and is now home to several clubs, like Edmonton Juventus. The soccer club still has a 10-year lease on the field… They are glad to see plans to get rid of the cycling track.

“Now that the demolition is taking place, we’re pretty happy about that. It gives us more of a soccer field, a bigger soccer field,” said Rob Mosele, the founding president, Edmonton Juventus Sports Club.

For Edmonton BMX president Sarah Hickey says it is bittersweet to see a historical facility close, but she is op

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