Victoria will enter exclusive negotiations to bring the 2026 Commonwealth Games to Victoria.

Last month, it emerged that the Victorian Government had been approached by the Commonwealth Games Federation after a struggle to find a host for the event.

If awarded the event, the Premier says Victoria will ” demonstrate to the world a new way to deliver the competition”, with much of it held in regional areas, not in Melbourne like the 2006 event.

“This will be a Games like no other, it’s not just a handful of Games in regional Victoria, it will predominately be held in the regions,” he said.

The Victorian government has made a bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Premier says it will be an exclusively regional event @3AW693 pic.twitter.com/mqtacFHQci

— Stefanie Waclawik (@StefWaclawik) February 15, 2022

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