Australia바카라s Victoria state has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of a massive increase in the projected cost of staging the multi-sports event.
Australia바카라s Victoria state has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of a massive increase in the projected cost of staging the multi-sports event.
Australia바카라s Victoria state has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of a massive increase in the projected cost of staging the multi-sports event.
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday said his government last year agreed to host the next edition of the quadrennial event 바카라but not at any cost.바카라
He said his government had initially budgeted 2.6 billion Australian dollars ($1.8 billion) to stage the Games in five regional cities but recent estimates put the potential cost as high as 7 billion Australian dollars ($4.8 billion).
Andrews told a news conference he had notified Commonwealth Games organizers of his government바카라s decision to pull out of the hosting contract.
바카라Today is not about finding fault with those cost estimates,바카라 he said, declining to outline the reasons for the cost blowouts. 바카라Frankly, AU$6-AU$7 billion for a 12-day sporting event, we are not doing that 바카라 that does not represent value for money, that is all costs and no benefit.바카라
The Commonwealth Games Federation issued a statement saying the decision was 바카라hugely disappointing바카라 for the organization and the athletes and it was taking advice on its options for finding a solution for the event in 2026.
The CGF said the estimated cost escalation was mainly due to the regional, multi-city host model and the Victoria government바카라s decision to change plans for venues and include more sports.
바카라We are disappointed that we were only given eight hours바카라 notice and that no consideration was given to discussing the situation to jointly find solutions prior to this decision being reached by the government,바카라 the CGF statement said.
The 2026 Games had been scheduled for March 17-29 in the regional centers of Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Gippsland and Shepparton.
The state government had promoted the multi-city model as a game changer, with the five regional centers hosting 20 sports and nine fully-integrated Para sports.
The government바카라s website had previously promoted Victoria 2026 as a showcase of 바카라what makes the people of our state tick: our unity, our diversity, our sense of community, our welcoming attitude and our love of sport.바카라
Birmingham stepped in to host the 2022 Games in England to replace Durban, South Africa.
The Games started out as the British Empire Games in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada, and since 1978 has been known as the Commonwealth Games. England, Australia, New Zealand, Wales, Jamaica, Scotland, Malaysia and India have also hosted the Games, which involve teams from 54 members of the Commonwealth network and 17 overseas territories and island states.
Victoria state hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. The last edition of the Games held in Australia was on the Gold Coast, Queensland state, in 2018. The Gold Coast is part of the southeast Queensland area that is scheduled to host events during the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane.