Scottish government accepts scaled-down version of event after ‘multimillion-pound’ Australian offer
as host of the 2026 Games in July 2023, blaming escalating costs. Since then, speculation has grown about whether Glasgow could build on its successful hosting of the event in 2014, amid concerns from the Scottish and UK governments about financing the event.
Ian Reid, the chair of Commonwealth Games Scotland, said he welcomed the Scottish and UK governments’ backing for their proposal. “This is a really exciting opportunity and we will be working hard over the coming days to bring the final pieces of the puzzle together,” he said. He suggested that this slimmed-down version could be “an important first step” towards a new model of Games that minimised cost and encouraged more countries to consider hosting in future.
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