- In short: Malaysia has rejected an offer to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
- Officials said cost, time constraints and a lack of funding all contributed to its decision.
- What's next? It remains unclear who will host the event.
Oh no, anyway.
2026 Commonwealth Games in doubt after Malaysia rejects offer to host the event
Submitted 7 months ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to worldnews@aussie.zone
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 7 months ago
How long until Tom Tate puts his hand up on behalf of Gold Coast?
Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Some people have been calling for the Olympics to pick a city and permanently stay there (most often, but not always, the calls are for Athens).
We should do the same for the Comm Games. Permanently on the Gold Coast.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 7 months ago
I think about the idea Athens every second games idea every time these issues come up. It just makes sense to me. It’d become quite a dependable event for the Greek economy. It’d also mean the crazy demands the Olympic committee always make won’t be such a moon shot each Olympics.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 7 months ago
That’s not as crazy as it sounds. It would actually make alot of sense for the Gold Coast to host this stuff since it’s economy is primarily tourism-driven.
Also last I checked Tom won by a landslide so it’s not like the Goldcoast would be against the idea