Glasgow Wins 2014 Commonwealth Games

At a ceremony in Sri Lanka it was announced that Glasgow has won the competition to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games ahead of Abuja in Nigeria.

The £288m plans tabled to host Games include the construction of a “Games Village” of 1,000 homes to be built on the Clyde, to be used for private sale and social housing after the Games are finished.There will also be a new indoor sports arena, velodrome and entertainments arena built.

The Commonwealth Games Council of Scotland says that all new buildings will be constructed so that they can be used by the community after the Games, and it hopes to renew “significant” brownfield sites.

First Minister Alex Salmond, who arrived from Sri Lanka with the bid team, said it had been a "fantastic week" for Glasgow and Scotland.He also said Glasgow now had to work at a "cracking pace" to deliver on its pledge to stage the greatest games the Commonwealth had ever witnessed.

The Commonwealth Games Council of Scotland has indicated that all new buildings will be constructed so that they can be used by the community after the Games, and it hopes to renew “significant” brownfield sites.