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[deawebo]

does Cape Town has withdrawn?

[raleighnc]

With Poland gearing up for Euro 2012, I'd think Wroclaw had the inside track for the bid.
It does look impressive.

By the way, are these bids like Olympic bids (coming through the countries' Olympic Committees)
or are they straight from the organizers?

[baron-pierreIV]

raleighnc, on 09 January 2012 - 07:04 AM, said:

By the way, are these bids like Olympic bids (coming through the countries' Olympic Committees)
or are they straight from the organizers?

From the cities. The World Games is weird in that they are the games of those OTHER federations which the IOC recognizes but for lack of space or some other technical reason, cannot put their sport in the Olympic slates. So these are with the cities AND the confederatios on the World Games list (i.e., ballroom dancing, futsal, etc., etc.,)

[Rafa]

deawebo, on 06 January 2012 - 11:27 PM, said:

does Cape Town has withdrawn?

Yes.

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Mr. Speaker, I would like it finally noted that we request today that Council supports our recommendation to withdraw our bid for the World Games in 2017.

When we undertook this bid, we did so on the understanding that it would cost, in total, R360 million and with the expectation of support from the national government and national sporting bodies.

New financial projections suggest that the real costs would in fact be at least R560 million and likely even more in the face of a weakening currency.

There has also been no external funding from national government or any other external agency committed to this bid, leaving the City to bear the costs on its own.

With this new information, we do not feel that it would serve the people of Cape Town to proceed, not least because financial modelling indicates that it would require significant rates increases to support this event.

Unfortunately, those costs are beyond our reach and we would be undermining our own broader efforts at improving service delivery by committing to ever-escalating costs.

By making this decision, we are convinced that we are ultimately serving our prerogative of creating the economic enabling environment in which jobs can be created and dignity enhanced.

[SwissO]

Wroclaw, Poland, will orgnize the 2017 Summer World Games !!!

[SwissO]

Hope it will work this time...

[Rols O'Bertilsson]

SwissO, on 12 January 2012 - 06:26 AM, said:

Wroclaw, Poland, will orgnize the 2017 Summer World Games !!!

Woohoo! I'm happy for that.

Congratulations Breslau!

Edited by Sir Rols, 12 January 2012 - 04:56 PM.

[intoronto1125]

Is there a Winter World Games?

[deawebo]

Great Poland!! good luck with the games now!

[Guardian]

intoronto1125, on 12 January 2012 - 05:45 PM, said:

Is there a Winter World Games?

No.