Ikarus360 Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 18 hours ago, Nacholympic said: What about Lima 2019? They were the last "TRUE" Games... anyway... things have changed a bit from then.... I think ceremonies will follow the "simplicity" tendency, taken to its fullest in Tokyo Olympics OC... Ceremonies will not go back to pre 2020 levels (and they were already getting heavily simplified anyway thanks to the Sochi scandal in part). At least not in a long time. To be honest its better this way. There are far bigger problems in the world right now and sadly Covid isn't even the only or the bigger one now, so its not a luxury wecan really have now. Fun ceremonies can still be done with a decent budget, however, and at least it might finally force creative teams to stop depending so much on technology and projections for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 Any news on the Vic26 handover? Will it include a cross to Vic or done solely in Birmingham? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Mex Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 50 minutes ago, Ikarus360 said: Ceremonies will not go back to pre 2020 levels (and they were already getting heavily simplified anyway thanks to the Sochi scandal in part). At least not in a long time. To be honest its better this way. There are far bigger problems in the world right now and sadly Covid isn't even the only or the bigger one now, so its not a luxury wecan really have now. Fun ceremonies can still be done with a decent budget, however, and at least it might finally force creative teams to stop depending so much on technology and projections for good. As if russia fighting ukraine was an excuse for paris to make lame ceremonies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephbanerjee Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 On Tuesday morning, Australia announced that all the CWG sporting events will take place in the state of Victoria. The interesting part is that all the venues will be located outside the capital city of Melbourne. For more click here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bear Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Victorian said: those rings on the venue look design... remind me of something... Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) That looks like a really good site - very close to the city centre too. I feel like especially after the Olympics it could've done with something like BMX or skateboarding in there just to add to it, maybe even climbing...although the whole concept of beach volleyball in Birmingham will never not be funny As an aside, does anyone know if there's gonna be any kind of official souvenir programme for the Games, like there was for Glasgow and for the London Olympics? I have looked around but now we're in games month I think it's time to ask. I know for the other two games it was available in Smith's all over the country but I am able to get to Brum fairly easily if it'd only be available in the Games megastore - thank you Edited July 1, 2022 by yoshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacholympic Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 OK…. This year happens something very unusual and probably it will never happen again: We have 2 multi-sport games under the same name: BIRMINGHAM 2022. Due to the postponed World Games in Alabama, USA, the games originally cheduled for 2021 will take lace in July 2022, as the Commonwealth games which will be opened just few days later under the same name, but under the original schedule. Next July 7 is the Opening ceremony for the World Games and 3 weeks later the Commonwealth Games. That’s weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 It's gonna be like that one person who went to Pyongyang instead of PyeongChang.... I bet someone is gonna arrive in Birmingham AL expecting to watch the CWG and vice versa 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted July 15, 2022 Report Share Posted July 15, 2022 MODERATOR!!! Can you move this page up to it's own Page thread for the Games please...as been done for the previous games? Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotguy II Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Duran Duran will headline the opening ceremony..... i hope this is not just a big concert. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 I don’t know who these people are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotguy II Posted July 21, 2022 Report Share Posted July 21, 2022 16 hours ago, Victorian said: I don’t know who these people are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikyoK Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 8:31 AM, Bear said: those rings on the venue look design... remind me of something... Hide contents lol. It also reminds me of the Torino 2006 emblem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 Opening Ceremony will be 10 years and a day since the London 2012 Olympics. Looking forward to it. An Opening Ceremony with an audience at the Alexander Stadium and a non-bubble environment as we saw in the last two Olympics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 1 minute ago, BigVic said: Opening Ceremony will be 10 years and a day since the London 2012 Olympics. Looking forward to it. An Opening Ceremony with an audience at the Alexander Stadium and a non-bubble environment as we saw in the last two Olympics. Hopefully it is more like Glasgow or London and not just a pop concert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportLightning Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 On 7/19/2022 at 11:54 PM, Scotguy II said: Duran Duran will headline the opening ceremony..... i hope this is not just a big concert. I heard of them before. The band behind coupe of hit songs including "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Rio", "Ordinary World", "Come Undone" and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126010/cgf-president-given-tour-of-perry-barr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportLightning Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 Almost one week from today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 Alexander Stadium gearing up for the Opening Ceremony 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 the white / beige central oval seems like a projection surface and the structure being built on the bottom of the stands in the right vaguely looks like the glastonbury tor from london 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Reactions to the opening ceremony rehearsals are starting to pour in... Spoiler And another view of the stadium's ceremony set up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 Finally an Opening Ceremony to look forward to after two underwhelming Olympic Games ceremony due to obvious reasons. No Fencing 1976 and long parade of athletes for the CG. Weather should be cloudy for the Ceremony itself In Australia Seven will air the Opening Ceremony but in Perth it'll be on delay on OTA linear TV but live-streamed on 7Plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 2 hours ago, BigVic said: Weather should be cloudy for the Ceremony itself It's England, you wouldn't have it any other way! The central stage there looks quite small - I hope there's more to this than just a concert of Duran Duran, there's much more to the Midlands than that. (Shame London had the idea for Pandemonium first, the first smelting of iron at Coalbrookdale and the inspiration of Coubertin at Much Wenlock are both West Midlands if you're gonna be all local about it ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 Sneak peak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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