# Capture — a Games like no other

- **Claim filed:** “A games like no other, exactly what we promised.”
- **Who:** Daniel Andrews, Eureka Stadium, April 2022
- **URL:** https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-18/commonwealth-games-regional-victoria-scrapped-daniel-andrews/102613718
- **Date on page:** 18 July 2023 (quoting April 2022)
- **Publisher:** ABC News
- **Title:** Commonwealth Games scrapped in regional Victoria as government redirects allocated money
- **Captured:** 2026-08-14
- **Method:** saved HTML (`abc-2023-07-18.html`)

## Verbatim (ABC, quoting Andrews at Eureka, April 2022)

> A games like no other, exactly what we promised

> We're very, very confident that this will deliver jobs, it'll deliver better facilities, better housing and it'll be a showcase to the world.

ABC places the lines at Ballarat’s Eureka Stadium when Andrews announced Victoria as host.

## Official bid day — Premier of Victoria

`premier-2022-04-12.html`  
https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/regional-victoria-hosting-2026-commonwealth-games  
12 April 2022

> It’s a great honour to have Victoria chosen as the host venue for the 2026 Commonwealth Games – we can’t wait to welcome the world to all of our state.

Four regional hubs (Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Gippsland), Shepparton events, Opening Ceremony at the MCG.

## The other meter

Fifteen months later the same Premier cancelled. VAGO (2024): four-year runway vs typical 7–8; regional multi-city model never used; business case did not consult the regional councils that controlled most venues.

## What this file does not do

It does not file “never bid.” It files the motto against the date the world was not welcomed.