Organisers have plans for radically scaled-back games, as Scottish city struggles with financial black hole
Scotland’s biggest city is widely expected to step in to host the next Commonwealth Games after the Australian state of Victoriathat no final agreement has yet been reached, as discussions between the Scottish authorities and games organisers continue.
Glasgow hosted a larger-scale games in 2014 at the cost of £576m. New stadiums were built, an athletes’ village was turned into affordable housing, and a spectacular opening ceremony at Hampden was remembered for its giant, dancing Tunnock’s teacakes. “Most of the academic literature finds that you don’t get an economic boost from hosting a sporting mega event.”
But Mr Caller said the event was a “huge distraction” that sucked up all of the council’s attention when they should have been solely focused on the financial crisis ahead. But Professor Gayle McPherson, director of the Research Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at University of West of Scotland, said the plan to hold a “more scaled-back and sustainable” games was realistic.
“My cynicism comes from the fact that if it can’t lead to any new accommodation, new facilities, new infrastructure, if there’s no legacy, then is it worth it?
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