Closing ceremony 27 May | Opening ceremony 16 May | |
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Motto Together from the heart Events 228 events in 17 sports Main venue Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium | ||
Hambantota 2018 was an unsuccessful bid to stage the 2018 Commonwealth Games by the city of Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The right to host the Games was won by the Gold Coast 2018 bid after a 43-27 vote by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly on 11 November 2011 in Saint Kitts.
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The city made their surprise bid for the Games on March 31, 2010.The city was extremely damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and undergoing extensive reconstruction. The first phase of the reconstruction of the Port of Hambantota was funded by the Chinese government.
Proposed venues
Hambantota planned on building many new venues if it won the bid, including an athletics stadium, an aquatic centre, a multi-sports complex, a velodrome stadium and a hockey stadium. The athletes village would have been located around the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, which would have been one of the venues. The remaining venues would have been built near the cricket stadium. Unlike the Gold Coast's plan, which include venues in the nearby city of Townsville, Hambantota's venues were all planned for the same area.
Proposed schedule
Hambantota proposed hosting the games between May 16 and 27, 2018. 17 sports and 228 events were planned to be contested if the bid was successful.