Runaway Future

This could be huge.

Halifax is Canada’s bid city for the Commonwealth Games in 2014. The office was hopping after the announcement was made and it’s still no sunk in. if if IF
Now Halifax will face off with Glasgow, Scotland and Abuja, Nigeria for hosting the games. The Decision will be made in November 2007. It is possible that other candidates might emerge, they have until May 2007.
There’s speculation that the facility in Shannon Park might go ahead even if the 2007 bid isn’t successful.
Handicapping the competition, Glasgow initially looks somewhat doubtful because Manchester hosted the games in 2002. Canada hasn’t hosted since 1994.
Meanwhile, Abuja has excellent chances. They have the support of South Africa and would be the first games to be held in Africa. The games would also go along with the 100th anniversary of the unification of the Southern and Northern parts of the country. The President of Nigeria is also the outgoing Chairperson of the Commonwealth. However, when Nigeria hosted the All Africa Games in 2003, it was a disorangized affair.
These next few years will be very interesting for the development of sport not only in Halifax and Nova Scotia, but in Canada as well. If a stadium is built, it’s likely the CFL will be soon to follow. But with just eight home games a year, a CFL franchaise won’t cover the costs. The offices will probably move into the facilities as well, which means, for me, a new network and server, however, it’s likely I won’t be around to see it.
This could change a lot for Nova Scotia and Halifax. It will be interesting to see where we go from here.