MELBOURNE: The Australian state of Victoria today pulled out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games citing major cost blow-outs, leaving the multi-sport event in limbo.
State premier Daniel Andrews said the initial estimated A$2 billion cost of holding the Games would more likely come to around A$7 billion, which he called “well and truly too much”.“I’ve made a lot of difficult calls, a lot of very difficult decisions in this job. This is not one of them. Frankly, A$7 billion for a sporting event, we are not doing that,” he said at a press conference.
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