In response, Cupboard Secretary Neil Grey insisted discussions had “intensified” between themselves, the UK authorities and main Commonwealth Video games figures and {that a} ultimate determination could be made “within the coming weeks”.
Nonetheless, he cautioned that there have been vital points nonetheless to contemplate earlier than agreeing to deliver the Video games again to Glasgow 12 years after it final staged them.
“It’s exactly as a result of we perceive the potential advantages, in addition to the significance to elite sport in Scotland, that we proceed to contemplate this,” Grey stated at Holyrood. “Nonetheless, there are dangers that we have to backside out.
“It’s a brand new idea, it’s untested, the figures we’re being quoted are bold, so we should be aware of that.
“This isn’t a duplicate of the 2014 Video games. This can be a smaller model, with fewer sports activities over fewer websites, so due to this fact there’s a status threat in addition to monetary threat.
“Glasgow and Scotland have a global status for internet hosting main occasions extremely efficiently, so we want to ensure this idea is true.
“Each passing day makes delivering the occasion tougher and that is likely one of the questions round threat, whether or not this may be achieved within the time out there.”
