{"id":25128,"date":"2017-12-21T10:46:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T10:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=25128"},"modified":"2017-12-21T10:46:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T10:46:02","slug":"birmingham-host-2022-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/21\/birmingham-host-2022-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

After speculations over the past few weeks, it is now confirmed that Birmingham will hold the 2022 Commonwealth games.<\/p>\n

The official announcement was made this morning by Louise Martin, president of the games at the Area Academy in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

Ms Martin CBE said: “We warmly congratulate Birmingham and England on today’s announcement – it is a defining moment for this truly Commonwealth city. With its rich history, cultural diversity, youthful dynamism and ambitious spirit, Birmingham embodies all that we cherish about the Commonwealth, and so the Commonwealth Sports Movement looks forward to collaborating with all the Games partners to showcase the city’s humanity and pride to a global audience over the coming months and years.”<\/p>\n

Local business leaders have said, the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022 will provide the region with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to put the city more firmly on the global map.<\/p>\n

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Paul Faulkner, Chief Executive of Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paul Faulkner, chief executive of the GBCC, said: \u201cThe award of the Games to Birmingham will mark a see-change in the city\u2019s history. It\u2019s an opportunity to showcase ourselves to a global audience and will benefit all elements of our life here.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City Council and supporting bodies deserve huge congratulations for this successful bid and we now need to showcase a stunning event.<\/p>\n

\u201cCredit should also go to the West Midlands Combined Authority and our new Mayor Andy Street and many numerous other public and private sector bodies that played their part.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis also comes just days after that other great boost for the region \u2013 the Coventry City of Culture 2021 success. Birmingham and Coventry deserve a few years in the spotlight and we now have the opportunity to make the most of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBirmingham Council highlighted in the bid that hosting the Games will accelerate job creation and drive change that will leave a glowing mark on the city for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Games themselves offer the opportunity to generate significant income for the wider region, with other cities and towns sharing the action.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is another great feather in Birmingham\u2019s cap, having already successful staged major sporting events including Test matches, big soccer and rugby matches and top athletics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will give the city the chance to improve its sporting facilities and at the same time generate work for businesses in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cVisitors and a world-wide television audience need to be shown the dynamism, appeal and friendliness of Greater Birmingham.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re passed the heats now and into the final \u2013 let\u2019s ensure we cross the finishing line with a glorious Games that will go down in history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s announcement comes shortly after the GBCC launched Birmingham Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce \u00a0to drive trade between Greater Birmingham and Commonwealth countries.<\/p>\n

A budget of \u00a3750m has been allocated to the Commonwealth games,\u00a0the most expensive sports event in Britain since the London 2012 Olympics.\u00a0The government has pledged to cover \u00a3560m, with the local council responsible for around \u00a3180m.<\/p>\n

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After speculations over the past few weeks, it is now confirmed that Birmingham will hold the 2022 Commonwealth games. The official announcement was made this morning by Louise Martin, president of the games at the Area Academy in Birmingham. Ms Martin CBE said: “We warmly congratulate Birmingham and England on today’s announcement – it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,3,112],"tags":[602,264,514],"class_list":["post-25128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-top-stories","tag-2022-commonwealth-games","tag-birmingham","tag-paul-faulkner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}