Common Wealth Games2010

The 2010 Commonwelth Games are the nineteenth CWGs & the ninth to be held under that name.The games are scheduled to be held at Delhi,India between 3rd Oct.2010 & 14th Oct.2010.The games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in Delhi & India generally which has previously hosted the games in 1951& 1982.The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi.

BIDDING
The two principal bids for the 2010 CWGs were fromDelhi,India & Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.A ballot of members was held in Nov.2003 at the commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly in Montego Bay,Jamaica.Delhi bid won by a margin of 46 votes to 22,confirming indias first successful bid for the games,while marking to canadas to host its fifth games. India shifted the balance in its favour in the second round of voting with a promise that it would provide US$100,000 to each participating country,along with air tickets,boarding,lodging & transport.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
The organisation was beset by delays:in Jan.2005,the indian olympic association vice-chairman Raja Randhir Singh expressed concern that Delhi was not up to speed in forming & organising its games committee &, following 2009 indian government report showing two thirds of venues were behind schedule,Commonwealth games federation president Mike Fennell stated that slow progress of preparations represented a serious risk to the event

Costs
The total budget for hosting the games is US$1.6 billion & this amount excludes non-sports-related infrastructure development in the city like airport,roads & other structures.This will likely make the 2010 commonwealth games the most expensive commonwealth games ever,being larger than the previous games in Melbourne 2006.