Streaming Cycling in UK - Discovery+ prices!

[mjr]

in theory the whole funding for this CG is done via their own self fundraising means, no government funding is being provided as that was the whole concept for why Glasgow took it on from Victoria, Australia, (who blew their budget and how we ended up in this situation), though there is an emergency budget fund of government money if it all goes t & a, but so comparing it to previous games budgets, when this is a cut down version anyway, is not useful.

though obviously there is government money funding the home nation athletes to attend, theres no doubt some money from government budgets Glasgow can use to promote tourism & health or education, so you cant really say its completely private investment funded only. But there are no blank cheques the tax payer is picking up for it.

Interesting. I'd missed all this. Victorian taxpayers would pay for Scotland’s $220m Commonwealth Games under new proposal | Victoria | The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ds-220m-commonwealth-games-under-new-proposal

It seems there is some government funding, but it's Australian government funding, about half the $380m compensation paid to the games organisers.

I guess that's why they're locking it up on TNT. It makes it easier to balance this game's books and the long-term harm is someone else's problem.