Victoria 2026

Victoria 2026 was a cancelled international multi-sports event scheduled for April 2026 and the twenty-third edition of the Commonwealth Games. It was planned to be the first games to be held across a regional area, in the cities of Geelong, Ballarat, Shepparton, Bendigo; hosts of the 2004 Youth Commonwealth Games, and the Gippsland region.
On 12 April 2022, the Commonwealth Games Federation awarded hosting privileges to Victoria, after initially requesting that Melbourne, host of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, stage the event again. The state was widely expected to deliver on their ambitions for a regional format, as far as to feature in the handover ceremony of Birmingham 2022. 
==April–July 2022==
On 12 April 2022, the CGF proclaimed Victoria the host of the games.Inside the Games - Victoria officially confirmed as host of 2026 Commonwealth Games as new regional model unveiled The event's social media accounts were created that day, using the above as an interim emblem.
==July 2022–2023==
The emblem was modified after the announcement of the games' dates.Tweet from @victoriacg2026 - 6 July 2022 (Archived)
==2023==
This variant of the interim logo surfaced through a leaflet detailing business opportunitiesVictoria 2026 - Starting Blocks: The Victoria 2026 Goods & Services Procurement Pipeline (PDF) and was used at official forums, although the previous logo was still in use on the event website and social media.
On 18 July 2023 at a hastily-organised press conference, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that Victoria had withdrawn from hosting dutiesABC News - Commonwealth Games scrapped in regional Victoria as government redirects allocated money, citing a cost blowout of nearly triple the initial A$2.6 billion budget that would render the event financially unviable. As of June 2024, a new host is yet to be announced.
==References==
Category:Cancelled
Category:Sports
Category:Sports competitions
Category:Sports competitions in Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games
Category:Geelong, Victoria
Category:Ballarat, Victoria
Category:Bendigo, Victoria
Category:Gippsland, Victoria
Category:Melbourne, Victoria
Category:Shepparton, Victoria
Category:Victoria
Category:Australia
Category:2020s
Category:2026
__NOTOC__