Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Glasgow has just won the 2014 Commenwealth games which should mean a huge investment in building and infrastructure in Glasgow especially for the East End. The plans however will hopefully be a benefit to the whole city and with three of the main venues located in the Southside (including Hampden where the closing ceremony will take place) it looks like we'll be seeing quite a bit of the action as well.I know there is still quite a bit of debate about whether or not Glasgow can actually afford to host the games or what the long term benefits actually will be - but I like to be optimistic and look on the games as an opportunity to make some great changes to the city.
To read all about the bid visit the Glasgow 2014 site or the ever useful BBC.
Southside Venues
Scotland’s National Stadium, Hampden Park - Track and field Ibrox Stadium - Rugby 7s
Strathclyde Park -Triathlon
Strathclyde Park -Triathlon
Labels: Glasgow Event, News, sports
posted by Alburt at 13:17
1 Comments:
I do agree with your concerns. To be honest I have been rather unsure over the idea of us hosting the thing aswell.
I too thought the money could be better spent elsewhere, the games are only on for 10 days afterall.
This concern was confirmed after speaking to someone from the Council who confessed that most of them are worried that Glasgow might not actually be able to afford it.
On the plus side though I've spoken to a few people from Manchester who still rave about how good the games were for their city and I think if run properly with a tight hold on the purse strings then there is a possibility that the games "could" be a great benefit to the city - especially, if the majority of the spend is in the City's public infrastructure.
My main concern however is that the majority of the spend will not be on the public good but will be on developers sticking up short-term "make a quick buck" schemes.
Either way though, we've won the thing thing now so we may as well try to enjoy it and fingers crossed that with some strong control on the plans the results will be good changes and not bad changes for the future.
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