The business case the Victorian 2026 Commonwealth Games show there were some early red flags about how the now-cancelled event was costed.
Premier Daniel Andrews says he does not believe many of the soaring costs that prompted him to cancel the Commonwealth Games could have been predicted. But there were red flags early on.
This meant the document predicting the operating costs for a six-city event held across Victoria’s regions looked to a centralised version of the Games that was held in a tourist hot spot with more than 500,000 people, an airport and proximity to the metropolis of Brisbane. The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games were used as a “baseline” when the Victorian event was first costed.“Time has not permitted a more robust ‘bottom up’ approach as key elements of Games planning are not yet understood.”
The sale yards in Ballarat that were to be converted into accommodation for Commonwealth Games athletes before Victoria decided to no longer host the 2026 sporting event.The government says this includes issues such as supply constraints, accommodation shortages and “hyper-escalation” in prices – partly because of the compressed timeline.
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