Gold Coast 2018 “in it to win it” 13/04/2010 |
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The new head of the Gold Coast’s bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games has said he only agreed to take up the post after being assured that the Australian Government was “in it to win it”.
Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist turned businessman Mark Stockwell has just been unveiled as chairman of the bid committee.
He said: “We will put together a very successful bid that gets delivered in November 2011 – I have got no doubt about that, given the resources and everything behind it.
"I think we have got to do it in a Gold Coast style. As Queenslanders, we are very relaxed and we are very open – I think that is something that I want to see come through.”
Meanwhile, Premier Anna Bligh played down suggestions that the money being spent on the bid should be used elsewhere.
“There is always criticism when governments spend money on sporting infrastructure while we are doing it but afterwards everyone understands the benefits,” she added.
“These events bring people who eat at restaurants, who stay in hotel rooms and who bring jobs. This is an investment in jobs, in families and in the well-being of the community.”
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