Comm Games gooorn?
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@Dan54 said in Comm Games gooorn?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Comm Games gooorn?:
@voodoo said in Comm Games gooorn?:
could the Goldie put their hand up to take it? They did a great job last time, we went to a bunch of stuff - the outdoor evening swimming was a highlight. Presume they still have sufficient infra to get 80% of the way there?
All I know is that these fůcking things are still there.
'It is unreadable': Controversial Gold Coast light installation to be removed
A controversial Gold Coast light installation that cost $2.1 million to build, is set to be removed from the side of the M1 at a cost of $255,000, following a recommendation from a Gold Coast Council committee.
Geez are they?? I couldn't get over how stupid they were, I drove past them everyday and could never read them, you had to be driving on another road!
And then all the keep off the roads , we won't be able to handle the traffic? Utter BS it all was!bloody councils, all the same
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@Dan54 said in Comm Games gooorn?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Comm Games gooorn?:
@voodoo said in Comm Games gooorn?:
could the Goldie put their hand up to take it? They did a great job last time, we went to a bunch of stuff - the outdoor evening swimming was a highlight. Presume they still have sufficient infra to get 80% of the way there?
All I know is that these fůcking things are still there.
'It is unreadable': Controversial Gold Coast light installation to be removed
A controversial Gold Coast light installation that cost $2.1 million to build, is set to be removed from the side of the M1 at a cost of $255,000, following a recommendation from a Gold Coast Council committee.
Geez are they?? I couldn't get over how stupid they were, I drove past them everyday and could never read them, you had to be driving on another road!
And then all the keep off the roads , we won't be able to handle the traffic? Utter BS it all was!They were certainly there when I drove past on Saturday. Seems there must have been an outcry about the cost of removal. Pretty certain there would have been an outcry about them being built in the first place if people had actually been informed about it.
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If the Commonwealth Games survive this, I wonder if they might end up in a permanent venue in the UK. Or perhaps revolving around 2 - 4 cities every four years so that big upgrades aren't always required.
Am in two minds about what it might mean for Victoria bidding for any future global events. On one hand maybe it is 'just' the Commonwealth Games and no-one looks too closely in the future. On the other hand, if they ever pitch for anything major (other than the major stuff they already have), I suspect the event owners may be checking their out clauses much more closely...
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Until KL in 98 I think the only time it was held outside of the UK, Aus, NZ or Canada was Kingston in 66. So generally it's always been in England or the "dominions".
Probably true:
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@Rapido said in Comm Games gooorn?:
@Donsteppa said in Comm Games gooorn?:
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I like the Commonwealth Games.
We can likely pick massive holes in anything below the Olympics, World Cups, or Grand Slams and Tour de France etc, but the next tier is still a lot of fun.
Same. It is madness for NZers (who don't have the equivalent/alternatives of Euro Champs or Asian Games etc) to dog on the Comm Games.
I can understand Brits etc not being too fussed, and Aussies have gotten 'too good' for it. But we (our athletes and our bi-ennial spotlight sporting codes) desperately need it.
This Brit loves it, because Wales gets to compete in its own right
Plus there are sports in the Comms which aren't in the Olympics
e.g. Squash
Last men's final, NZ v Wales -
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Comm Games gooorn?:
Until KL in 98 I think the only time it was held outside of the UK, Aus, NZ or Canada was Kingston in 66. So generally it's always been in England or the "dominions".
Probably true:
Always strikes me that it's fucking madness not to get the previous host involved in the planning process
They have literally just done it and can give REAL WORLD advice and 'learnings'
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@sparky said in Comm Games gooorn?:
I suspect Sunak will find some ‘levelling-up’ money to host these in the NW or NE of England. Local mayors will jump at the chance too.
Excellent. The XXIII Commonwealth Games in Hartlepool will see a massive upgrade to the 7k capacity of the Vic.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Comm Games gooorn?:
Until KL in 98 I think the only time it was held outside of the UK, Aus, NZ or Canada was Kingston in 66. So generally it's always been in England or the "dominions".
Probably true:
As amusing as that is, I get the feeling they realised they wouldn't have the infrastructure ready in time.
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If the stupid fuckers in charge go down the reparations route then ploughing the money into a Caribbean or African hosted Games would be a far better use of money than just cutting cheques
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I think the comm games is one of those things that's "good for the sport".
For those athletes with the potential to medal at the Olympics it gives them an ideal event to prepare in and gives some athletes the exposure for possibly bigger things.
For those athletes who probably will never medal at the Olympics it gives them something to aim for, a reason to stay in the sport and for a brief period a chance to be a household name and get other people interested in their sport as well.
Any athletic endeavor - even club rugby is hard work, it's hours and hours of training and sacrifice, days way from family, friends and work and revolving a great deal of your life around your sport just to make it work. It's just nice to see people get some reward for that on some sort of stage - even if it's not the world or "the best" stage.
In short as a viewing spectacle no it's never going to be as good as the Olympics or world championship competition but I think for NZ sport as a whole it has a net benefit and a fairly substantial one at that.
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bit gutted actually, im another that likes the buzz around the place when a big event is on, I also quite liked the idea of the region games, actually using it as an excuse to upgrade rail lines and stations (my company was doing some of them) and putting events out in these town where they will use the facilities afterwards. they weren't putting a 100k stadium in Traralgon....they were going to upgrade the lawn bowls and put up some temp stands
I hadn't realised Vic only put up their hand when no one else was a serious contender so it sounds like it was always on the back foot....I think Dan might cop some flak for just dropping this on everyone though, the region mayors saying they didn't know, they didn;t just want the new facilities....they wanted people coming into town and spending some money
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Don't care where it goes.. just drag this fluffybunny through the mud but make it stick, seriously why do victorians vote for this Ahole?
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@bayimports the short answer is most people dont think he's an ahole, still pretty wide support in general, might have dropped the ball on this one but at least he did it before spending loads
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@Kiwiwomble his government signed a contract and went against advice to run it leveraging Melbourne assets, so he still could be spending loads... in penalties..
I have no problem with anyone not hosting an event because a business case doesn't make sense, that is sensible just don't commit first.
