Gold Coast Comm Games
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@mariner4life how did you get photos of me and my wife?
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Ross Karl: Commonwealth Games have no relevance OPINION: A lot will be made of the battle for medals, but the real competition on the Gold Coast is for relevance. Like the British Empire, the Commonwealth Games have lost their power. There is next to no star power and that's because it has no pulling power. Some 140,000 tickets remain unsold before tonight's opening ceremony. It's even harder to sell the hosting rights. Durban completed the bidding process for 2022. Then, after it was awarded the Games, it pulled out because it couldn't afford it. It's a sad state of affairs. Birmingham stepped up and were rewarded with a $NZ48 million fee to host the event no-one wanted. The Commonwealth Games just isn't sexy enough for most places to be bothered writing a cheque like that. -
@kiwimurph said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
I must admit, I am not interested in these games.
I'll only be readying articles of success or failure and think good for them if they win
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@kiwimurph said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Ross Karl: Commonwealth Games have no relevance OPINION: A lot will be made of the battle for medals, but the real competition on the Gold Coast is for relevance. Like the British Empire, the Commonwealth Games have lost their power. There is next to no star power and that's because it has no pulling power. Some 140,000 tickets remain unsold before tonight's opening ceremony. It's even harder to sell the hosting rights. Durban completed the bidding process for 2022. Then, after it was awarded the Games, it pulled out because it couldn't afford it. It's a sad state of affairs. Birmingham stepped up and were rewarded with a $NZ48 million fee to host the event no-one wanted. The Commonwealth Games just isn't sexy enough for most places to be bothered writing a cheque like that.What tickets haven't been sold? People have been bitching and moaning that they couldnt get tickets despite the ridiculous prices. Interest and excitement are high. Strange for games that apparently nobody gives a shit about.
We've seen articles like this since the 90s yet these games keep on keeping on. Long may they continue.
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140,000 tickets unsold one day out from Commonwealth Games
About 140,000 tickets remain on sale for Games events that start on Wednesday across the Gold Coast and northern Queensland for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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@kiwimurph said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
About 140,000 tickets remain on sale for Games events that start on Wednesday across the Gold Coast and northern Queensland for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
The calamity. Nobody wants to watch the squash or table tennis! Why do they even bother with these games?
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@rancid-schnitzel or basketball (which is for some reason being played in Townsville at the other end of the state.....)
Speaking of hosts.
2002 (UK), 2006 (Australia) 2010 (India) 2014 (UK) 2018 (Australia) 2022 (UK).
How diverse.
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The Commonwealth Games are IMO of the same relevance as regional championships. It's just a group of countries that have something in common - whether it's location in the same region or having been colonised by the same country. In some sports, you will have competitors that would also dominate at the global level; in most sports, you will miss important competitors because the usual (world) champions or record holders don't come from this limited group of participating nations.
I'll enjoy watching some of the sports, just because I like watching those sports and I do want the Kiwis to perform well. But I won't attach much importance to many of the results because the athletes won't always compete against the best in world.
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@tim from the bidding for the 2022 Games.
Two cities initially launched bids for the games; Durban, South Africa and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Edmonton withdrew its bid in February 2015, leaving Durban as the only bid to go forward to CGF General Assembly in September 2015. The coastal South African city of Durban initially secured the right to host the games, as they were the sole bidder for the event. It was reported in February 2017 that Durban may be unable to host the games due to financial constraints. This was confirmed one month later on 13 March 2017 when the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) stripped Durban of their rights to host the games. -
I looked at tickets to the Aus v NZ basketball game here in Cairns. But i couldn't get my regular seats, and they wanted $90 for the family to sit in the nosebleeds. Fuck that. I don't sit in no nosebleeds at the Convention Centre.
So i am going to the Harlem Globetrotters later in the month instead.
@raznomore i just googled Gold Coast kiwi douchebags and grabbed the first two images that came up
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@mariner4life I got tickets to the athletics on Monday and an option to go to the boxing finals at movie world. hoping it stops raining. last night it was pissing down about 5 minutes before the opening ceremony. Then it held off just long enough for them to get through it.
Just about every one of my kids friends and their families have left town and its surreal going to work in the morning as its just a ghost town. Yes its school holidays but there is no traffic at all.
This is the complete opposite of what the State and local government planned for and Im actually worried for how we will all be affected once its all over. There are still 100s of 1000s of tickets left and they are now having to give tickets away. I am in the building industry and the amount of people who have tried to maximise their renting potential by doing up their properties with the expectation of making squillions during the games is far too many. The lack of international interest has meant a lot of these people are now over extended.
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@raznomore said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@mariner4life I got tickets to the athletics on Monday and an option to go to the boxing finals at movie world. hoping it stops raining. last night it was pissing down about 5 minutes before the opening ceremony. Then it held off just long enough for them to get through it.
Just about every one of my kids friends and their families have left town and its surreal going to work in the morning as its just a ghost town. Yes its school holidays but there is no traffic at all.
This is the complete opposite of what the State and local government planned for and Im actually worried for how we will all be affected once its all over. There are still 100s of 1000s of tickets left and they are now having to give tickets away. I am in the building industry and the amount of people who have tried to maximise their renting potential by doing up their properties with the expectation of making squillions during the games. The lack of international interest has meant a lot of these people are now over extended.
Mate, if the GC can't attract the masses for a CG then we may as well stick a fork in it.
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@raznomore I'm only fucked off because the State Government didn't want school kids clogging the the buses up on the last day of the games, so extended the school holidays by a day. All over the state. So my kids in Cairns have another fucking day i need to organise something for, despite being 1,700km north of the bus issue.
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@hooroo said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@kiwimurph said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
I must admit, I am not interested in these games.
I'll only be readying articles of success or failure and think good for them if they win
I thought the last games were held in India, but google tells me that they were in Scotland. The only reason I could remember the India games was because DJ Forbes was rated by Indians as the sexiest athlete at the games, which I found hilarious.
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@no-quarter said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@hooroo said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@kiwimurph said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
I must admit, I am not interested in these games.
I'll only be readying articles of success or failure and think good for them if they win
I thought the last games were held in India, but google tells me that they were in Scotland. The only reason I could remember the India games was because DJ Forbes was rated by Indians as the sexiest athlete at the games, which I found hilarious.
Ha! They sucked you in! You thought you were going to see some Althletic Bunny but you got a dude!
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@kiwimurph said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@rancid-schnitzel or basketball (which is for some reason being played in Townsville at the other end of the state.....)
Speaking of hosts.
2002 (UK), 2006 (Australia) 2010 (India) 2014 (UK) 2018 (Australia) 2022 (UK).
How diverse.
Strange that you would start at 2002 and not 1998 when Malaysia hosted the games. Or Canada and then NZ before that. At any rate, thr Games have traditionally been held in a handful of countries so I'm not even sure what the argument is there.
