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Are Velodromes the Future of City Sports, or the Past?
Philly may take a chance on building a type of cycling arena that was immensely popular at the turn of the century, then all but abandoned.
A "self-propelled roller coaster": That's how medalist racer Linsey Hamilton describes the velodrome in Blaine, Minnesota, a place that is important to her. Hamilton is an avid track racer: She won two bronze medals at the World ÂMasters Track Cycling Championships earlier this year. Hamilton is one of several competitive cyclists produced by the Blaine velodrome.
Unfortunately, her primer on the velodrome comes at the end of a Minneapolis Star-Tribune story about how the Blaine velodrome—the only track-racing facility in the entire state—may be coming down.