2010 Commonwealth Games -

2010 Commonwealth Games - The 2010 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi, India. With a population of over 15 million, Delhi is one of the largest cities in the world.

India will be only the third developing country to host the event after Jamaica in 1966 and Malaysia in 1998. This is only the second time the event have been held in Asia (after 1998)."


Opening ceremony
October 3, 2010
Closing ceremony
October 14, 2010

Number of Tickets Sold in the 2006 Common wealth games in Australia: 1.2 million

Preparation
India's Sports Minister will head the apex committee for conducting the games while the Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi will head the organising committee. The Games will be held from the 3rd to the 14th of October.
The advertising campaign for the games was revealed on the 26 March 2006, right after the Transfer of the Flag from the Mayor of Melbourne to the Mayor of Delhi.
The triathlon appears likely to be excluded from these games as there is no suitable location for the swimming stage. The organisers have also proposed removing basketball, but want to include archery, tennis, and billiards and snooker for men. Cricket, although in strong demand, may not make a come-back as the Board of Control for Cricket in India were not keen on a Twenty20 tournament, but the organisers did not want a one day tournament [2].
Indian Rugby Football Union officials are helping the Games Committee in the organisation of building a rugby union-specific stadium. [1]
In addition to new sports facilities the entire city is to be given a facelift, including new roads, modernisation and increase in public transport, new power plants, etc. The estimated amount to be poured into the city for it to be ready in time for the 2010 games is about $17.5 billion.
Preparation for the Games' Global Village complex in Delhi has unleashed a protracted legal battle, as the Delhi Government, in contravention with Delhi High Court order (2005) and without obtaining the necessary environmental clearances from multiple agencies, has proceeded with a 40 ha construction project on the floodplains of the Yamuna River. The Yamuna floodplain, while being prone to flooding and located on a seismic fault, is a critically endangered river stretch and a major source of replenishing the groundwater in and around Delhi. The Government cites national pride and the expected economic benefits as reasons for the project, although they have failed to adequately address why the site cannot be moved to other suggested locations. The case is underway in the Delhi High Court as of December 2007.