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Commonwealth Games 2026 axing: 'Does that spell the end of it?'
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Interesting. I wonder if there are other instances of hosts pulling out of a major sporting event like this after they have been confirmed to host (and with such little time left).
I can't remember something like this happening before, and the cost of hosting sports events has only really ballooned out in the last 50-60 years, so quite possible it hasn't happened before.
There have been quite a few cases where cities have rejected events because of cost (America's Cup is a favourite here), but that's always before they've agreed to host.
When you think about it, it seems like quite a big deal to pull out of something like that 3 years before its supposed to go ahead, especially when you consider something like Olympics has its hosts selected like 10 years prior or something like that.