{"id":2621,"date":"2024-10-20T18:06:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T18:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2025-02-20T23:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:28:05","slug":"glasgow-to-host-2026-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/glasgow-to-host-2026-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow To host 2026 Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Glasgow, Scotland will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which will take place from July 23 to August 2, 2026. The games will be the 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games and will return to Glasgow 12 years after the 2014 games.<br \/>\nFeatures of the 2026 games.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The games will feature 10 sports, including athletics, swimming, gymnastics, track cycling, netball, weightlifting, boxing, judo, bowls, and basketball.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The games will be a scaled-down version of the games, with fewer sports and a smaller audience<br \/>\nThe games are expected to cost around \u00a3114 million, with the Commonwealth Games Foundation paying \u00a3100 million<br \/>\nThe balance will be paid for through commercial revenue, including ticket sales, broadcast rights, sponsorship, and merchandise. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of the 2026 games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The games will provide an investment of over \u00a3100 million into the city <\/p>\n<p>The games will also provide a multi-million-pound investment into upgrading public sporting facilities<br \/>\nThe games will provide an opportunity to use the games for the greater community good.&#8217; (Google AI)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JDAN10kBn60?si=7O0mT1TlKbS0UAjB\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>BBC Scotland Report: <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Scotland agrees to host Commonwealth Games in 2026\">Scotland agrees to host Commonwealth Games in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>STV Report:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.stv.tv\/west-central\/glasgow-officially-named-as-host-of-2026-commonwealth-games\">https:\/\/news.stv.tv\/west-central\/glasgow-officially-named-as-host-of-2026-commonwealth-games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glasgow 2026 Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgow2026.com\">https:\/\/www.glasgow2026.com  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glasgow 2026 on Wikipedia: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Commonwealth_Games\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Commonwealth_Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Glasgow2026CG\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Glasgow2026CG\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You Tube: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnXzsPKqv0C_olob_lE149g\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnXzsPKqv0C_olob_lE149g<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>INSTAGRAM: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Glasgow_2026\/\">\/www.instagram.com\/Glasgow_2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>X:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/glasgow_2026\">https:\/\/x.com\/glasgow_2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow, Scotland will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which will take place from July 23 to August 2, 2026. The games will be the 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games and will return to Glasgow 12 years after the 2014 games. Features of the 2026 games. The games will feature 10 sports, including athletics, swimming, gymnastics, track cycling, netball, weightlifting, boxing, judo, bowls, and basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}