The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.
It was one of the five National Sports Centres, run on behalf of Sport England, but responsibility has been transferred to the London Development Agency and is managed by Greenwich Leisure Limited. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The athletics stadium has a capacity of 15,500, which can be increased up to 24,000 with temporary seating. It hosts international athletics meetings. The complex also hosts a 50 m swimming pool. However both the athletics stadium and the aquatics centre have been superseded as London's main facilities for their sports by the Olympic Stadium and the London Aquatics Centre which were constructed in Stratford in east London for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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