According to GamesBids.com, Premier, Anne Bligh, said: “We have formally contacted the Commonwealth Games Association to express our interest. They have indicated that in the next few months they will decide whether Australia will bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games or future Commonwealth Games, so I was keen to put our hand up early”.
Under the proposal, a new aquatics centre and an athletics stadium would be built to add to the existing infrastructure, which includes Skilled Park Stadium, and the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The bidding process for the 21st Commonwealth Games will begin in 2010 with the Australian Commonwealth Games Association notifying the Commonwealth Games Federation of the intended bid city from Australia.
The formal lodgement of bids to the Commonwealth Games Federation will be in 2011 and the Commonwealth Games Evaluation Commission then visits the bid cities and produces a detailed report. The Gold Coast's bid will face stiff competition from Perth and Canberra, which have already announced their intentions to bid.
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