Commonwealth Games 2014

The Cost of the Games

The cost of hosting the games in Glasgow currently stands at an estimated £288million.

Costly Junkets

Since Glasgow won the bid, the campaign has been mired in controversy, largely due to the travel costs run up by Following initial resistance to release figures under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act, Kevin Dunion ruled that Glasgow City Council must co-operate. This revealed that a £5 million fund had been set up by the Scottish Executive and Glasgow City Council to meet expenses incurred in winning the bid, with representatives of the Glasgow team visiting 68 countries in seven months, staying at top hotels as far afield as Asia and the Caribbean at a cost to taxpayers of £250,000. The ceremony in Sri Lanka at which the winning bid was announced was attended by 46 Scots councillors, MSPs and their wives, costing £100,000.