Commonwealth Games - Birmingham

[Bazile]

750 million - cost of putting on the games

Will it be money well spent ?

Do you live in Birmingham / West Midlands - do you welcome the games

[Gromit]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/dec/21/birmingham-named-2022-commonwealth-games-host-city

[Gromit]

The Commonwealth Games was a huge success in Manchester in 2002, so I expect Birmingham is hoping for a similar legacy.
But these things don’t always work, the London Olympics rather than leaving a legacy, have burdened the taxpayers with costly white elephants.

[mccfluff]

I'm in the west mids and its great news, if it generates jobs and brings people into the area its good stuff. The newsroom is buzzing this morning.

[Bazile]

IF it brings lasting benefits , both financial and social , then it will have been seen to be a good thing - that's a BIG IF though .

As to the competition itself , it's probably in the second division of games .
I'm not sure how much prestige it brings to winners

[youngmafbog]

750m is not huge but will it stick to that. I think that was the problem with the Olympic games - spending got out of hand.

If they can keep it to that then it will probably worthwhile.