Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games New Delhi 2010
“The Commonwealth Games 2010” is scheduled to be held in New Delhi from 03 October 2010 to 14 October 2010. This is the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India. With this India will be the third developing country to host the event (after Jamaica in 1966 and Malaysia in 1998). This is the second time the event has been held in Asia (after 1998). Common wealth Games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted till date in Delhi (India). Delhi has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony of “The Commonwealth Games“is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi. Earlier, the city of Pune, India hosted the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games between October 12 and October 18 in 2008. The Youth Games offered nine sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. Delhi has a vibrant hospitality industry with almost all major world-class hotels and restaurants. However, the current capacity will be insufficient to handle the huge influx of visitors expected into Delhi for the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. Additional rooms are being built to meet the requirements of the Games; this will be supplemented by the various schemes launched by the Delhi government.
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