04-08-2023, 11:55 AM
I think now there’s no interest from anyone in hosting a 2030 Commonwealth Games, there’s even less incentive to stage 2026 now which I guess could have acted as a bit of a stop gap before Canada.
The only way I can see it surviving is if they significantly downsized and only staged the most popular and profitable events. A bit more IAAF and a bit less second Olympics. Worth remembering that Victoria were only obliged by the Commonwealth Games to host athletics and swimming, the rest was up to them. Perhaps they should have used that as an invitation to make it much slimmer and affordable.
The only way I can see it surviving is if they significantly downsized and only staged the most popular and profitable events. A bit more IAAF and a bit less second Olympics. Worth remembering that Victoria were only obliged by the Commonwealth Games to host athletics and swimming, the rest was up to them. Perhaps they should have used that as an invitation to make it much slimmer and affordable.