An official report by Audit Scotland revealed some problems in the preparations for the 2004 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The report was revealed several days after a budget increase.
A first problem is the costs. They keep increasing, this week was announced the costs have risen from £373m to £454m.
Second of all several of the venues won't be ready by the dates suggested. For example: the National Indoor Sports Arena had to be completed by March next year, but this date has been postponed to the end of 2011.
The deputy auditor general said it will be necessary the organisers keep the coast uder control.
Because there's only a limited budget which the government can't keep increasing, they will have to cut something else, if costs keep rising.
I can understand why a government wants to organise the Olympic Games: it's a boost for the economy of the country. It creates a lot of new jobs (direct jobs and indirect jobs as well), it attracts a lot of extra tourists and much more. But on the other hand it's a big challenge for a country to organise the Games. First of all there are the high costs for building infrastructure (like sporst arenas and an Olympic village), creating good transportation en so on.
In times like this it's extra important to audit the preparations because the government budget is already under a high pressure and the government can't hardly afford extra costs.
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