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Meadowbank Stadium is a multi-purpose sports facility located at Meadowbank, in Edinburgh. It hosted the Commonwealth Games of 1970 and 1986.

The capacity of the stadium is 16,500. The grandstand has 7,500 seats, and uncovered benches stretch around the rest of the track. The sports complex and adjacent pitches to the east covers land formerly occupied by Old Meadowbank Stadium. The stadium itself contains an eight lane, 400 metre running track, with a grass pitch within this. There is also a velodrome on the site. Underneath the stand is a covered 100 metre, eight-lane track.

The stadium also contains a number of indoor facilities, including squash and basketball courts. These are also used for regular antiques fairs, martial arts competitions, conferences, and occasionally church meetings. Other outdoor facilities include field hockey pitches.

There is considerable scope to construct a speedway track on the inside of the running track and a greyhound track on the outside of running track.

Meadowbank Thistle played at the stadium until the club relocated to the new town of Livingston and were renamed Livingston F.C. in 1994. Meadowbank is often cited as one of the worst

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