“2026 is certainly a game-changing second for the Commonwealth Sport motion,” he provides.
“We have had such profitable Video games in earlier years – in Birmingham, on the Gold Coast, in Glasgow.
“I feel individuals will probably be Glasgow 2026 and seeing what occurs right here, and Scotland’s contribution to the way forward for the motion as a very defining second within the historical past of the Commonwealth Video games.”
Had Glasgow not stepped in, there could be no Commonwealth Video games subsequent yr after Victoria pulled out as host over spiralling prices.
If the motion is to outlive as an idea, this scaled-down model of earlier incarnations is more likely to be a blueprint for the survival of the motion, which has its centenary yr in 2030.
“I really feel Glasgow’s achieved a very necessary job in re-setting the Video games for future host cities in 2030, 2034 and 2038,” says Batty, who’s concerned in a world-leading drone mild present enterprise with experience in staging world exhibits and occasions.
“It is a bridge to these new fashions of delivering the Video games. There is not any higher place within the Commonwealth than Glasgow to have the ability to do this.
“We have got the experience, we have the venues, we have the expertise. I am enthusiastic about how that is actually going to take the Commonwealth sport motion ahead. I see a very constructive future for the Commonwealth Video games. “
He’s simply days into his new position, however Batty already has a agency thought of what ‘success’ for the Video games appears like.
“A extremely profitable Video games is sold-out venues, superb sport, world-class cultural programming and an actual sense of celebration within the metropolis. I am assured Glasgow will ship a spectacular Video games in 2026.”
