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They also provide ammunition for those campaigning for the Gold Coast region to mount a bid to host the Olympic Games in Peter Beattie, chair of the GC organising committee. The report found that an estimated total of , visitors attended or participated in GC across nine visitor categories.
Of these, 64 per cent were locals or day-trippers, 28 per cent were domestic overnight visitors, and 8 per cent were overseas visitors. Just 37 per cent of overseas visitors had visited the Gold Coast previously, meaning 63 per cent were new to the city. Meanwhile, 95 per cent of interstate visitors had been to the Gold Coast before, along with all of the visitors who lived in other parts of Queensland. On average, respondents to the survey that formed the basis of the report attended four sporting event sessions during their GC visit, with overseas visitors attending an average of six sessions and locals attending an average of three.
Visitors to ticketed sporting events totalled ,, while , visitors attended non-ticketed sporting events and a further , attended an associated festival. Since then, recognising the gradual increase in costs over time, the Commonwealth Games Federation has transformed its Games Delivery approach for the , and Games to reverse the trend of increasing costs from Games-to-Games and support the ongoing sustainability, impact and appeal of the event for host communities.
However, only four of these were entirely new, with another seven significantly upgraded. These 11 will therefore, it is assumed, have accounted for the bulk of that budget. While the land on which it is built is still technically owned by the state, it is now held under a lease agreement by a company under the joint control of developer Grocon and global investment bank UBS. All 1, apartments and properties in the Athletes Village will eventually be converted into long-term rental properties.
A total of 9, security personnel were used during the games, the most a Queensland event has ever needed. A city that will have been looking closely at the costs incurred by the previous recent host regions is Birmingham, England, the location for the Commonwealth Games. Birmingham was awarded the games in the first place after Durban in South African was stripped of the event over concerns about how it would finance the games.
Commonwealth Games: Looking back at Gold Coast as organising committee calls it a day. With the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Organising Committee wrapping up, organisers are assessing the impact the event had on the city. Despite some troubles with traffic and the closing ceremony , the event is being hailed as one of the best. Mr Beattie said 97 per cent of people surveyed had rated staff and volunteers' helpfulness highly, and 92 per cent had a positive games experience.
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