The "facts"

Here are the"facts" about the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, acorrding to this bit of glossy propaganda from Glasgow City Council:


"*Just the facts

• £250-300 million – the cost of staging the Games
• 80 per cent will be paid for by the Scottish Executive
• £81 million – the net economic benefits to Scotland of staging the games
• £30 million – the benefit to Glasgow’s economy
• an estimated four per cent increase in tourism – excluding conference bookings
• £5 million – the cost of bidding for the 2014 Commonwealth Games
• £6 million – the net economic benefits to Glasgow of staging the Games
• half will be paid for by the Scottish Executive
• 7,500 athletes and officials expected to attend
• 1,000 – net Glasgow jobs and 1,200 Scottish jobs
• The five “core” sports which have been confirmed for the 2014
• Commonwealth Games are: athletics, race swimming, lawn bowls, rugby 7s (men) and netball (women). A further 15 will be selected"

We'll be coming back to these figures as time goes on.