Part of me is inclined to say might as well keep going with the games, but then I think sunk cost fallacy.
Does anyone even care about the commonwealth games?
Part of me is inclined to say might as well keep going with the games, but then I think sunk cost fallacy.
Does anyone even care about the commonwealth games?
No, they made assumptions about receiving funding from the federal government and local councils without receiving any commitments: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-banked-on-getting-200m-in-federal-funding-when-it-bid-for-games-20230820-p5dxyt.html
It was never going to be affordable given how much security would cost with it split across regional areas. It was always going to saddle the regional areas with the cost of maintaining sports facilities they’ll never fully utilise.