Commonwealth Games Scotland says it has an “innovative, cost-effective” proposal that would be almost entirely funded through Victoria’s compensation payout.
Cost blowouts on the $6.9 billion cancelled Commonwealth Games in regional Victoria were not overstated despite Victoria’s Games plan being 31 times more expensive than a “compact” replacement pitched for Glasgow, the state government has insisted.
Victoria abandoned the Games in July last year when the estimated cost soared from $2.6 billion to almost $7 billion. But in March the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office found this updated cost was “overstated and not transparent”. “When we see another city and another country being able to host this event at the cost of $200 million, you have to question the Labor government’s ability to manage our major events calendar,” Groth said.Cabinet minister Mary-Anne Thomas rejected suggestions that Victoria’s cancelled Games were badly organised or that the cost had been overstated.
Victoria paid the Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Australia a combined $380 million in compensation. The state spent at least $589 million not to host the Games. “Unlike other major multi-sport events, the concept has been specifically designed to ensure that there is no requirement from the public purse to deliver the Games.”Commonwealth Games Scotland chair Ian Reid called on the Scottish government to make a decision within weeks.
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