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Who wants to host the Commonwealth Games? After years of no nation raising their hand to answer that question, at least seven nations, including India, have thrown their hat into the ring to host the CWG, claims Commonwealth Sport. The governing body for the CWG has revealed that it had received official expressions of interest (EOIs) from seven nations and territories keen to explore hosting future editions of the CWG.
While India’s interest in hosting the Commonwealth Games has been made public in the previous months, Commonwealth Sport confirmed that it had received EOIs from Canada and Nigeria, besides two more unnamed countries, to host the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030. The report also added that New Zealand are one of two nations that want to host the 2034 edition.
The future of the Commonwealth Games has looked uncertain over the past few years. Recently, Australia’s Victoria had pulled out of hosting the Commonwealth Games next year because the Australian state was not willing to fork out as much as AUS $7 billion (US$4.8bn) on “a 12-day sporting event”. The initial estimate for hosting the Games was AUS $2.6 billion. South Africa’s Durban was stripped of the hosting rights for the 2022 CWG because of financial issues and was replaced by Birmingham, which was actually scheduled to host the Games in 2026. Eventually, Glasgow stepped in to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026, but after making many alterations to the games programme.
The statement from Commonwealth Sport said: “Hosting costs will be significantly reduced from historical Commonwealth Games costs to diversify the hosting pipeline and enable more, new countries and territories to host. This will be achieved through continued delivery optimisation and encouraging the use of existing venues for sport and accommodation, unless additional infrastructure is part of existing national development plans that will happen irrespective of a Games.”
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