The Commonwealth Games were the base for attracting other big sporting occasions to Glasgow. This included athletics and cycling, as well as conferences and events, peaking with COP26. Birmingham sought to learn from Glasgow's experience, and can claim to have a similar lasting effect.

Tom Elliott has been left incensed at Victoria’s attitude to the Commonwealth Games as Glasgow confirmed more details on how they plan to host the event. The Scottish city will use the compensation money Victoria paid after relinquishing hosting rights to stage the sporting spectacle,

Glasgow will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games after the Australian state of Victoria pulled out of its planned staging of the event. Victoria withdrew from hosting the event due to escalating costs. Glasgow — which already has much of the existing infrastructure having most recently hosted the games in 2014 — will now stage the events across across four venues between July 23 and August 2,