June 22/11 15:02 pm - Rock Hill SC Cycling Centre on Track

Posted by Editoress on 06/22/11
 

Rock Hill’s dream of becoming a key cycling center for the Southeast is on a roll.

Construction is well under way - pushing toward a Dec. 30 completion deadline (with speculated February opening)  - for a $5 million velodrome and related cycling and motocross tracks. The Giordana Velodrome is rising in the earliest phase of Riverwalk, a mixed-use community that is being developed on the former Celanese manufacturing site along Interstate 77 in Rock Hill.

David Vehaun, Rock Hill city manager, says the oval track with stadium seating will move the city toward being a nationally recognized cycling center. “It’s going to have a ...

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