Part of me is inclined to say might as well keep going with the games, but then I think sunk cost fallacy.
Does anyone even care about the commonwealth games?
Part of me is inclined to say might as well keep going with the games, but then I think sunk cost fallacy.
Does anyone even care about the commonwealth games?
So, I’m an American and I’m trying to figure out what’s going on here. Let’s see if I get this right, the Commonwealth games are basically a mini-olympics held among former British colonies + uk (and minus USA). Victoria, AUS was supposed to host it, however due to increasing costs, Victoria had to back out. Because Victoria has decided that it’ll cost to much for them to build the facilities to host the games (because Victoria is paying for this, not Commonwealth Games), they are now being fined? So Victoria is spending all the money here, and then when they decide they don’t want to spend the money after all, they’re getting fined? That seems kinda bullshit. I mean, I know there’s a cost associated with relocating the games, but it’s not like they (the Commonwealth games) were the ones paying for the venues and whatnot, am I correct?
The fine’s kinda bullshit, kinda understandable. It takes a lot to get these games into place, and vic was chosen over other bidders, only to turn around and say fuckoff. So i get why they have fines as a concept
But this was immediately snapped up by qld, and it was bailed on due to clear financial logic and Covid has also happened so fuck off with your fines. Extraordinary circumstances.
One Mayor in Qld immediately proposed snapping it up. The Premier, Prime Minister, and the other Qld mayors made it very clear that this was not going to happen, or at least would not happen with their support. The rest of SEQu is already focussed on the 2032 Olympics.
As of right now, the 2026 Commonwealth Games do not have a host.
It’s quite simple. They signed a contract with the Commonwealth Games Federation. Now they want to back out of that contract. Backing out of a contract usually means incurring some sort of penalty.
It’s for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, not all of which are former colonies. The United States of America isn’t a member of the Commonwealth and therefore isn’t invited to participate.
Most contracts have terms for non performance of the contract.
It’s no surprise. They made that decision to pull out knowing it would cost a bundle in compensation. And it’s (allegedly) still saving billions.