Should Delhi Have Hosted The Commonwealth Games This Year?

So the 2010 Commonwealth games are now well under way and the uproar a week and half ago about the state of the facilities including the athletics stadium and the athletes accommodation has subsided. Bad PR and Criticisms over the readiness of the Delhi of to host the contest have, for now been overshadowed by the start of the games but Delhi is not in the clear yet, questions will be asked of officials and regulators will reconsider the implications of hosting suchmajor international sporting competitions in still developing countries that were considered to be 3^rd world not so long ago.

The major complaints before the games kicked off were that crucial stadium facilities were simply not yet built, and that the Olympic village, was dirty and unhygienic. Pictures were released of one of the bedrooms in the athletes housing that had an animals paw prints all over the bed, not the best start for Delhi, a city keen to impress. Personalised gifts and stocking fillers for the organizers will not be top of the agenda for the competitors. Now the games are underway focused has shifted to the medal tables and inter-nation rivalry, however stories about the shoddy equipment and facilities are turning the games into a farce .

For example, it was discovered that the scales being used to weigh in the boxers were not accurate enough. The problem is that the Commonwealth games is no isolated case, the upcoming Korean Grand Prix venue is way behind schedule and there are fears over whether or not it will actually go ahead, this is proving to be a major headache for the teams and organizers. Big sporting events are great for developing countries, they bring economic prosperity to the area through tourism, but they must be ready to take on the challenge of hosting them. If not hosted properly these events can cause more of a headache then thinking of Christmas gift ideas.