“I will not take out of hospitals and schools in order to fund an event that is three times the cost estimated and budgeted for last year,” Premier Daniel Andrews said in a press conference
Victor Matheson, a professor of sports economics at the University of Minnesota, tells TIME that building venues to host such large-scale events is justified as a means to boost tourism—but it often doesn’t work out that way. “There are politicians who enjoy the spectacle, and then say, well, I’ll be out of office, by the time we have to come to pay all these bills,” he says.
A potential solution that has been floated by some experts is for one nation to become the permanent host of a sporting event, so that they always have the infrastructure ready. “You don’t have to rebuild the whole apparatus, which is billions and billions of dollars every four years and in a new city,” Zimbalast says. “There are different ways to organize it that would make much, much more financial and environmental sense.
But in the last 20 years, Georgakis says that Australian culture has changed from being predominantly British to a diverse and multicultural society. As such, the decision to cancel the Commonwealth Games to many, especially newcomers or those born overseas, “doesn’t hold much significance at all.” Questions of identity and politics aside, the tournament is viewed by many as second-tier. Last year, several athletes, including British diving champion Tom Daley and Australian swimmer Cate Campbell, chose not to compete in the Commonwealth Games. Sprinting great Usain Bolt even once called the tournament “a bit shit,” though he laterA lack of enthusiasm on the part of potential hosts was seen in 2015, when Durban, South Africa was the only city that bid for hosting rights.
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