Editing Commonwealth Games (section)

== Financial implications ==
The estimated cost of the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi was US$11 billion, according to ''[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/delhi-commonwealth-games-organiser-arrested|title=Delhi Commonwealth Games organiser arrested in corruption investigation|agency=Associated Press|date=25 April 2011|website=The Guardian|access-date=8 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921204444/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/delhi-commonwealth-games-organiser-arrested|archive-date=21 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The initial total budget estimated by the [[Indian Olympic Association]] in 2003 was US$250 million. In 2010, however, the official total budget soon escalated to an estimated US$1.8 billion, a figure which excluded non-sports-related infrastructure development.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/108072/Sport/payoffs-&-bribes-cast-a-shadow-on-cwg|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710055421/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/108072/Sport/payoffs-&-bribes-cast-a-shadow-on-cwg|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2012|title=Payoffs & bribes cast a shadow on CWG: Sport : India Today|author1=Ravi Shankar|author2=Mihir Srivastava|date=7 August 2010|work=India Today|access-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> The 2010 Commonwealth Games is reportedly the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever.<ref>[[2006 Commonwealth Games|Melbourne 2006]]</ref>

An analysis conducted by [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] on the [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002]], [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006]], [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014]] and [[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018]] Commonwealth Games found that each dollar spent by governments on operating costs, games venues and athletes' villages generated US$2 for the host city or state economies, with an average of more than 18,000 jobs generated by each of the events.<ref>{{cite web|title=New report reveals Commonwealth Games consistently provides over £1 billion boost for host cities|url=https://thecgf.com/news/new-report-reveals-commonwealth-games-consistently-provides-over-ps1-billion-boost-host-cities|website=The Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216122417/https://thecgf.com/news/new-report-reveals-commonwealth-games-consistently-provides-over-ps1-billion-boost-host-cities|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Games Value Framework|url=https://thecgf.com/sites/default/files/2020-05/CG_Value%20Framework_v1.pdf|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://thecgf.com/sites/default/files/2020-05/CG_Value%20Framework_v1.pdf|archive-date=9 October 2022|url-status=live|website=The Commonwealth Games Federation|publisher=PricewaterhouseCoopers|access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> Additionally, all four cities enjoyed long-term improvements to transport or other infrastructure through hosting the Games, while some also benefited from the revival of struggling precincts.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Towell|first1=Noel|title=Games can deliver gold for Victoria's economy|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/games-can-deliver-gold-for-victoria-s-economy-20220216-p59wxa.html|website=The Age|date=16 February 2022 |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref>

An analysis conducted by [[Ernst & Young]] found that the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] generated an estimated economic impact of $2.5 billion, while the venues constructed and upgraded for the Games generated over $60 million in economic benefit annually to the Gold Coast, with the success of the 2018 Commonwealth Games credited with helping Brisbane to secure hosting rights for the [[2032 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=GC2018 Legacy: Beyond the Games report 2024|url=https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/ckan-publications-attachments-prod/resources/eed229fa-e623-4cf1-b0f2-0cb0298e4b52/gc2018-legacy-report-2024.pdf?ETag=f1909b86222ff20de6d678c3e58fffd4|publisher=Ernst & Young|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pierce|first1=Jeremy|title=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games worth $300m so far: report|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/gold-coast-2018-commonwealth-games-worth-300m-so-far-report/news-story/17b82ff1df2be1d78ddd705c86f2ad86|website=The Courier Mail|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref>