Australia's Victoria state has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of a massive increase in the projected cost of staging the multi-sports event.
·Fireworks light up at Carrara Stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. On Monday, the state of Victoria announced it was withdrawing as host of the 2026 event due to rising costs.Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday said his government last year agreed to host the next edition of the quadrennial event "but not at any cost.
Andrews told a news conference he'd notified Commonwealth Games organizers of his government's decision to pull out of the hosting contract. The CGF said the estimated cost escalation was mainly due to the regional, multi-city host model and the Victoria government's decision to change plans for venues and include more sports.
The Games had been scheduled for March 17-29 in the regional centres of Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Gippsland and Shepparton in regional Victoria.The state government had promoted the multi-city model as a game changer, with the five regional centres hosting 20 sports and nine fully-integrated Para sports.
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