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Sturgeon calls on Scots to back Games bid |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
There has never been a more important time to back Scotland’s Commonwealth Games bid, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said today.
Sturgeon was speaking ahead of a visit from the bid evaluation
commission, which will visit Scotland between June 10-14, when it will assess every aspect of Scotland's bid - from transport to
security, to medical provision.
It will then produce a report that will be delivered to all 71 of the
Commonwealth Games voters, who will then visit Glasgow between July and
September this year.
Sturgeon joined the leader of Glasgow City Council, Steven Purcell, to
launch the latest phase of the Back Scotland's Bid campaign, with
large, outdoor poster sites showing Scots the benefits of hosting the
Games as well as highlighting the role that they can play in winning
the Bid, which has already received over 1.7 million pledges of support.
Sturgeon said: “There has never been a more important time for Scots to
get behind the Commonwealth Games Bid. Next week the Evaluation
Commission will be in Scotland to assess our Bid. They will want to see
our venues and our infrastructure, but they will also want to know how
much our people want to win.
“That is why it is so important that Scots everywhere get behind the
Bid. People have already shown their support in huge numbers, but we
need more. We need the voters from around the Commonwealth to be in no
doubt that this Bid has huge public support.
“Winning the Games will inspire the next generation of sporting heroes
and will give us the opportunity to show the world exactly what kind of
country we have become. It is an opportunity that we cannot afford to
miss.”
Purcell added: “Glasgow is an amazing city - the perfect host for 2014.
Our Games would be a celebration of sport in a city that loves to
compete and to put on a show. They would be spectacular, they would be
the perfect environment for athletes to have the performance of their
lives.
“But our challenge is clear. We have already shown that we have an
excellent technical Bid - that our venues would be world class and our
infrastructure faultless. Now we have to tell more of the Glasgow
story. Now we have to show the voters why our people would make these
Games so unforgettable.”
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