Project Commonwealth Games 2026 cancelled.

[Rusty_68]

Victoria has just cancelled the 2026 Comm Games. No MTB in Ballarat/Creswick.

Commonwealth Games: 2026 event in doubt after Victoria cancels

Victoria says the cost of the tournament had ballooned to three times original estimates.

www.bbc.com

 

[ozzybmx]

Well done Vic, gone from headline.. Victoria wins gold hosting the Commonwealth Games, cementing their self as the sporting capital of Australia, to the sporting 'short notice' cancel state of Australia.

We'll take the GP back now thanks. Not that I watch Motorsport anyway.

 

[Rusty_68]

That East/West tunnel must be sucking us dry.

Comm Games is a waste of time and money anyway. No ones cares.

 

[Labcanary]

Victoria has just cancelled the 2026 Comm Games. No MTB in Ballarat/Creswick.

Commonwealth Games: 2026 event in doubt after Victoria cancels

Victoria says the cost of the tournament had ballooned to three times original estimates.

www.bbc.com

Are they going to complete the trails anyway?

I think the Vic gov are still going to bank roll sporting facility upgrades.
They didn't want to take from the state coffers to pay for the Comm Games. Which is fair enough, gotta know when to fold them.
I don't imagine tourism money would go back into public funding?

 

[Rusty_68]

The trails should still get built. The money for the Creswick Trails was locked in years ago and they are making good progress already.

 

[yuley95]

The trails should still get built. The money for the Creswick Trails was locked in years ago and they are making good progress already.

Yeah they specifically mentioned the trails in the press conference and are committed to building them

 

[safreek]

Bloody Dan, he's at it again

 

[ozzybmx]

gotta know when to fold them.

The Gov should do their costing before announcing fluff, then embarrassingly cancelling.

A couple of states showing interest but the SA Premier point blank said this morning that SA had no interest, no way the $1.2b benefit was worth the $2-4b outlay.

Great to hear the trails are still going ahead, at least something good happened.

 

[Ackland]

A couple of states showing interest but the SA Premier point blank said this morning that SA had no interest, no way the $1.2b benefit was worth the $2-4b outlay.

I am very surprised that SportsBro Private School Union Boss Mali didn't rush in to claim it whether we could deliver or not...

IIRC the terrible cost benefit analysis of these events is why there are very few cities even considering olympic bids these days.

Condensed build schedules for a bunch of redundant infrastructure

 

[ozzybmx]

Condensed build schedules for a bunch of redundant infrastructure

The WA Mayor said they should take it on and build the 8000 person Commonwealth village as low cost social housing to be used after the event.

 

[Labcanary]

It was only 2 months ago that Vic celebrated winning the CG's.

The Gov should do their costing before announcing fluff, then embarrassingly cancelling.

A couple of states showing interest but the SA Premier point blank said this morning that SA had no interest, no way the $1.2b benefit was worth the $2-4b outlay.

Great to hear the trails are still going ahead, at least something good happened.

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I don't know enough about the whole process to go defending, or denouncing, anybody. Better that he called it quits before too much was spent. He would probably prefer to look the fool than go dipping into money set aside for hospitals, education, etc and be labelled a monster.
There's likely a bigger picture we aren't privvy to, that the media omits for higher shock value.

 

[Ackland]

The WA Mayor said they should take it on and build the 8000 person Commonwealth village as low cost social housing to be used after the event.

Slum city....

 

[Jabubu]

Slum city....

Perhaps they should use it as a pilot based on the Viennese rental model.. Not framing it as welfare housing would be a good start. The mindset around renting and public housing is as toxic as cycling on roads in this country!

 

[teK--]

That East/West tunnel must be sucking us dry.

Comm Games is a waste of time and money anyway. I don't care.

Fixed.

 

[mike14]

Slum city....

I live in the former Comms Games village from 2006 in Melbourne (Parkville). It's a mix of private, social and community housing, plus an aged care hospital comprising of houses, townhouses and low/mid-rise apartments. Probably short a few amenities you'd really want for a enclave of it's size, but nowhere near what you could call a slum city and I doubt it would be difficult for WA to setup something similiar

 

[ashes_mtb]

Slum city....

 

[Ackland]

I live in the former Comms Games village from 2006 in Melbourne (Parkville). It's a mix of private, social and community housing, plus an aged care hospital comprising of houses, townhouses and low/mid-rise apartments. Probably short a few amenities you'd really want for a enclave of it's size, but nowhere near what you could call a slum city and I doubt it would be difficult for WA to setup something similiar

there's your solution....
reclaim the former comms games village

 

[ashes_mtb]

I live in the former Comms Games village from 2006 in Melbourne (Parkville). It's a mix of private, social and community housing, plus an aged care hospital comprising of houses, townhouses and low/mid-rise apartments. Probably short a few amenities you'd really want for a enclave of it's size, but nowhere near what you could call a slum city and I doubt it would be difficult for WA to setup something similiar

The houses built when Perth hosted in 1962 are still highly sought after.

 

[ozzybmx]

there's your solution....
reclaim the former comms games village

Maybe Dandrews thought he still had a village, then 14 months later he finds out it had been repurposed and pulls the pin.

 

[ForkinGreat]

Victoria has just cancelled the 2026 Comm Games. No MTB in Ballarat/Creswick.

Commonwealth Games: 2026 event in doubt after Victoria cancels

Victoria says the cost of the tournament had ballooned to three times original estimates.

www.bbc.com

Good. these kind of "games", comm/olympic/whatever are just a giant financial black hole, IMO. I don't believe that "tourism" or a few stadiums or an athlete village becoming housing even begins to cover any of that.
Most of the costs talked about in the articles below are 'official' estimates, prior to the event.

Commonwealth Games cost Victoria $1b

The final figures for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games show the event cost more than $1 billion.

www.abc.net.au

Birmingham 2022 Games to cost £778m

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will cost £778m, slightly above initial estimates, the government announces.

www.bbc.com

Cost of Rio 2016 Olympics rises to $13.2 billion - $3.5 billion over budget

The cost of last year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has increased to BRL$43.3 billion (£10.4 billion/$13.2 billion/€11.8 billion) -...

www.insidethegames.biz

The Tokyo Olympics’ Staggering Price Tag and Where It Stands in History

Mounting pandemic challenges pushed the cost of the Summer Games to an unprecedented high

www.wsj.com