It is surrounded by corrugated iron fences, its sprawling complex - often used by non-Ahmadi neighbours on Sundays for badminton or football - closed off to everyone.
Although not widely played in the United States, badminton -- viewed as one of the fastest racket sports -- is popular in many European and Asian nations.
The indoor Handball Arena, which has been renamed the Copper Box, will be used for recreational sport such as five-a-side football and badminton as well as staging professional sports such as boxing and some indoor concerts.
New Zealander Caroline Powell, the 2010 Burghley winner, was third in the final Classics table, with Britain's Mary King fourth and 2010 Badminton champion, Swindon-based Australian Paul Tapner, fifth.
Organisers last week told BBC Sport the 25-year-old would take part, but Indonesian badminton officials have now confirmed that he will not play.
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Home to two ice rinks, 18 badminton courts and 10 regulation-size basketball courts, the complex is one of the only legacy buildings - Olympic facilities built specifically to remain after the Games end - that hosted competition.
Links of London's charm collection celebrates specific Olympic sports such as table tennis and badminton, so there is a ping-pong paddle and a shuttlecock, alongside hearts and clovers, symbolizing the themes of luck and love.
Equipped with specialized microfiber mopheads on sticks, badminton moppers must also stand ready to provide spot-cleaning at any point during the match.
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It's completely different from Rachel Antonoff's garden party-themed presentation Sunday, in which Vujevic's prop was a badminton racket, or the Christine Alcalay presentation earlier that day, which was staged in a 1, 000-square-foot studio in an office building.
Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat won gold in the men's singles badminton final, beating South Korea's Shon Seung-Mo 15-8 15-7.
The Classics series rewards the most successful rider across eventing's annual four-star events in Kentucky, Badminton, Luhmuhlen, Burghley and Pau.
Collett has racked up impressive results at European junior level, but showed few signs of nerves as she performed for the first time at Badminton, one of the equestrian world's most prestigious three-day events.
The disqualifications unleashed a flood of statistical analysis about badminton that wouldn't have been out of place at a fantasy-football draft.
Edge - who led the competition following the dressage - retired after horse Two Thyme twice refused, ending her challenge for the Badminton title.
Burghley and Badminton are the showpieces of British eventing's season, and are two of only five annual four-star competitions worldwide.
When Manchester's games are finished, the site should have championship-standard indoor tennis, squash and cycling centres, athletics facilities, and a badminton and netball hall.
Someone else may have previously enjoyed something like badminton or would like to try something new so we might look at how they could set about doing that - everyone is different.
In badminton, Kim Dong Moon , 25, and Ra Kyung Min , 24, have won their last 11 mixed-doubles tournaments.
Funnell, who withdrew the slightly lame Redesigned on Saturday, concluded her Badminton involvement for the year by pulling out her other horse, Mirage d'Elle, ahead of the cross-country.
Australia led the medals tables, but local victors like badminton aces Wong Choon Hann, Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah were acclaimed with rapturous shouts of Malaysia boleh - Malaysia can do it.
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