The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome precinct is situated at Parkhead in the East End of the city, the velodrome itself will be opposite Celtic Park, which will be used for the opening ceremony. These venues will host Badminton as well as Track cycling.
The Road cycling and Cycling Time-trial events will start and finish at Glasgow Green. Glasgow Green will also be the venue for Field hockey and will see the construction of a new Glasgow Green Hockey Centre.
Tollcross International Swimming Centre, will be the venue for Swimming events. It already has one Olympic standard 50 metre swimming pool, which will be extensively upgraded, and a second 50 metre pool is also to be added for the Games as a warm-up facility. The existing permanent seating capacity will also be increased by 1000. Combined with additional temporary seating there will be over 5,000 seats for the Games in 2014.
| Year | Venue |
| 1930 | Hamilton(Canada) |
| 1934 | London(UK) |
| 1938 | Sydney(Australia) |
| 1950 | Auckland(New Zealand) |
| 1954 | CanadaVancouver,Canada |
| 1958 | WalesCardiff,Wales |
| 1962 | Perth,Australia |
| 1966 | JamaicaKingston,Jamaica |
| 1970 | Edinburgh,Scotland |
| 1974 | Christchurch,New Zealand |
| 1978 | Edmonton,Canada |
| 1982 | Brisbane,Australia |
| 1986 | Edinburgh,Scotland |
| 1990 | Auckland,New Zealand |
| 1994 | Victoria,Canada |
| 1998 | Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia |
| 2002 | Manchester,England |
| 2006 | Melbourne,Australia |
| 2010 | Delhi,India |
| 2014 | Glasgow,Scotland |
