2022 Commonwealth Games

[mat]

Timothy Spall is opening the ceremony as Barry from Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Followed by Slade performing a medley of (s)hits.

 

[Bill Walker]

It's like a mini olympics where we actually do well due to other big nations not being involved (granted we've been very good at the last 3 olympics), what's not to love.

Opening ceremony on BBC 1 tomorrow at 19:00.

I struggle to see the point of it really, it's not the Olympics and pretty meaningless.
Free holiday for the many hundreds of athletes/coaches/managers/staff maybe ?

Yesh ok, I'm a right miserable ****.

 

[mat]

I struggle to see the point of it really, it's not the Olympics and pretty meaningless.
Free holiday for the many hundreds of athletes/coaches/managers/staff maybe ?

Yesh ok, I'm a right miserable ****.

Who'd want a free holiday in Birmingham?

 

[Bill Walker]

Who'd want a free holiday in Birmingham?

Hahaha.....err me. I could then travel all over the UK, visit rellies. That's what most of the Aussie lot are doing after their events.

 

[East Level 2]

Unfortunately like the 2012 Olympics it will leave no legacy. The uptake of sport after was negligible

The uptake of walking was huge. Particularly amongst those who watch football at the revamped London Stadium.

 

[jimharri]

The uptake of walking was huge. Particularly amongst those who watch football at the revamped London Stadium.

Is there a typo in there?

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Unfortunately like the 2012 Olympics it will leave no legacy. The uptake of sport after was negligible

Like at Sport City/Eastlands/Etihad Campus and surrounding area; the legacy of a games isn’t necessarily the uptake of sport, but the regeneration of an area. 20 years on we are still seeing East Manchester improving off the back of the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

West Ham got a new stadium which could see them as a probably (them or Leeds) the most investable club in the country in the coming decades.
The Olympic village is now houses 2,500 residents. There’s also a new school there.
The economic growth off the back of the games was aimed to be 11bn and has so far surpassed 14bn in a decade.
3,500 new jobs have come up in the area in the decade since the games.

The uptake of sport in disability sports increased massively after 2012.

 

[GornikDaze]

Timothy Spall is opening the ceremony as Barry from Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Followed by Slade performing a medley of (s)hits.

Bit soon for Xmas tunes!

 

[mat]

Bit soon for Xmas tunes!

They've booked Duran Duran instead.

 

[Blue Llama]

I struggle to see the point of it really, it's not the Olympics and pretty meaningless.
Free holiday for the many hundreds of athletes/coaches/managers/staff maybe ?

Yesh ok, I'm a right miserable ****.

Agreed, the last bit.