2010 Commonwealth Games

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19th Commonwealth Games

Host city	Delhi, India
Nations participating	Unknown
Athletes participating
Events
Opening ceremony	October 3, 2010
Closing ceremony	October 14, 2010
Officially opened by	Unknown
Queen's Baton Final Runner	TBA
Main Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Motto	{{{Motto}}}

The 2010 Commonwealth Games are going to be held in Delhi, India. The city has a population of over 15 million, compared to (2006 games hosts) Melbourne's 3.7 million and Greater Manchester's 2.5 million population at the 2002 games.

In Jamaica on November 13, 2003 Delhi received 46 votes compared with 22 for Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in a vote of the Commonwealth Games Federation.

This will be the biggest multi-sport event conducted in the city. Delhi has previously played host to the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982.

In January 2005, the Commonwealth Games Federation vice-president Randhir Singh said that Delhi was behind schedule in forming an organising committee. "This inordinate delay by the Sports Ministry could cost India the games", he said.

India will be only the third developing country to host the event after Jamaica in 1966 and Malaysia in 1998. This is only the second time the event will be held in Asia.

[edit] Preparation

India's Sports Minister will head the apex committee for conducting the games while the Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi will head the organising committee. The dates of games are not fixed, though it is confirmed that the games will be held either in October or November.

The advertising campaign for the games was revealed on the 26 March 2006, right after the Transfer of the Flag from the Mayor of Melbourne to the Mayor of Delhi.

The triathlon appears likely to be excluded from these games as there is no suitable location for the swimming stage [1]. The organisers have also proposed axing basketball but want to include archery, tennis, and billiards and snooker for men. Cricket, although in strong demand, may not make a come-back as the Board of Control for Cricket in India were not keen on a Twenty20 tournament, but the organisers did not want a One day tournament [2].

Indian Rugby Football Union officials are helping the Games Committee in the organisation of building a rugby union-specific stadium.[3]

In addition to new sports facilities, the entire city is to be given a facelift, including new roads, modernisation and increase in public transport, new power plants etc. The estimated amount to be poured into the city to ready in time for the 2010 games is about $17.5 billion.