Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the state has cancelled plans to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to blown-out costs. Read more:
Cost estimates for the 2026 Commonwealth Games have blown out to nearly $7 billion, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said.Andrews said the 12-day event would not represent value for money.
“What's become clear is that the cost of hosting these games in 2026 is not the $2.6 billion which was budgeted and allocated and the vast, vast majority of which has not been spent,” he told reporters in Melbourne on Tuesday. Andrews said the government considered moving the games to Melbourne, holding fewer sports and having fewer regional hubs, but all options were too expensive.
Andrews said this would represent better "legacy benefits" for the state than infrastructure for the games, such as temporary accommodation villages which would potentially be knocked down.
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