Possible Auckland 2018 Commonwealth Games Bid
04/06/2007 |
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A forum this week hosted by Arpass, the body in charge of sport strategy in greater Auckland, which includes representatives from Sparc, the Ministry of Economic Development, National Sports Organizations ad Auckland’s councils, may pave the way for an Auckland bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
According to nzherald.com, the aim of the forum is to press home the need for an integrated approach to building high-performance sport facilities and programs in the region.
Arpass strategy director Kelvyn Eglinton said he believes a Commonwealth Games bid could provide the catalyst for a long-overdue revamp of the city’s sports facilities. He said, “we don’t want this to be an Auckland versus Canterbury thing but a Commonwealth Games bid would give a focus for the region ad the country in general. What we’re saying is, as a country we can’t afford to do this twice. We need to sort out the sporting infrastructure in this country once – and we need to do it right”.
Christchurch said earlier this year it was planning to bid for the 2018 Games. At the time Sport and Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard said that the primary question was whether New Zealand should bid at all for the 2018 Games, which, despite its size, was second-rate by world sports standards. He said, “we haven’t decided what the New Zealand bid is and how to pay for it if that occurs. I think we wouldn’t want to be at the point that we’d never have a Commonwealth Games in New Zealand.”
(Source: A forum this week hosted by Arpass, the body in charge of sport strategy in greater Auckland, which includes representatives from Sparc, the Ministry of Economic Development, National Sports Organizations ad Auckland’s councils, may pave the way for an Auckland bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
According to nzherald.co, the aim of the forum is to press home the need for an integrated approach to building high-performance sport facilities and programs in the region.
Arpass strategy director Kelvyn Eglinton said he believes a Commonwealth Games bid could provide the catalyst for a long-overdue revamp of the city’s sports facilities. He said, “we don’t want this to be an Auckland versus Canterbury thing but a Commonwealth Games bid would give a focus for the region ad the country in general. What we’re saying is, as a country we can’t afford to do this twice. We need to sort out the sporting infrastructure in this country once – and we need to do it right”.
Christchurch said earlier this year it was planning to bid for the 2018 Games. At the time Sport and Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard said that the primary question was whether New Zealand should bid at all for the 2018 Games, which, despite its size, was second-rate by world sports standards. He said, “we haven’t decided what the New Zealand bid is and how to pay for it if that occurs. I think we wouldn’t want to be at the point that we’d never have a Commonwealth Games in New Zealand.”
(Source: Gamesbids.com)
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