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2038 Commonwealth Games

The 2038 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXVI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Darwin 2038, is a multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth scheduled to take place in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The host city was selected at the 2027 CGF General Assembly in Geelong, Australia.

Host selection

2038 Commonwealth Games bidding results
City	Country	Votes
Darwin	Australia	39
Francistown	Botswana	26
Suva	Fiji	5

Venues

The Darwin 2038 was hosted across 18 venues located in Darwin, Alice Springs, Cairns and Broome. The Australian and Northern Territory Governments and the City of Darwin invested A$320 million to deliver new and upgraded venues. Lendlease was the overlay delivery partner and official supporter property and infrastructure of the Games.

Venues in Darwin

Carrara Stadium, located in the suburb of Carrara, was the main venue for Athletics, the Opening ceremony and the Closing ceremony. The seating capacity of the stadium was temporarily increased to 40,000 for the games by the installation of a large temporary North Stand. The new Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre hosted the Badminton, Para Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Wrestling events. The Carrara Indoor Sports Stadium hosted the back-of-house event operations.

The Gold Coast City Convention and Exhibition Centre, located in the suburb of Broadbeach, hosted Basketball and Netball (preliminaries) and also served as the Main Media Centre and International Broadcast centre hosting over 3000 members of the worlds press. The Broadbeach Bowls Clubhosted the Bowls competition.

The Nerang Mountain Bike Trails was the location for the Mountain Bike competition. A new course was constructed to meet international competition requirements and temporary spectator seating for 2,000 spectators.

The newly built Coomera Indoor Sports Centre hosted Gymnastics and Netball (finals). The Oxenford Studios hosted the sports of Boxing, Table Tennis and Squash. During Games mode the venue was enhanced to provide for the International Sporting Federation technical venue requirements and provide spectator seating of 3,000 (boxing) and 3,200 (table tennis). The Gold Coast Hockey Centre hosted the men's and women's hockey events during the games. The Southport Broadwater Parklands hosted Triathlon, Marathon and Racewalking events. The Optus aquatic centre hosted the Swimming and Diving events.

Robina Stadium hosted the Rugby 7s competition and upgraded to meet World Rugby standards. The Currumbin Beachfront hosted the road racing elements of the cycling programme. Coolangatta Beachfront hosted the Beach volleyball event.

Venues outside Gold Coast[edit]

Brisbane, along with the Gold Coast, forms part of the South East Queensland conurbation. Track Cycling was held at the Sleeman Sports Complex in the suburb of Chandler, where a new indoor cycling velodrome (Anna Meares Velodrome) was built. The Velodrome's seat capacity was 4,000 during the games mode.

The Shooting disciplines were held at the Belmont Shooting Centre. In Tropical North Queensland, the Cairns Convention Centre and Townsville Entertainment Centre hosted the preliminary rounds of both the men's and women's basketball competitions.

2034 FIFA World Cup

The 2034 FIFA World Cup will be the 25th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer/football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Australia and New Zealand from 28 June to 2 August 2034 and will be the first World Cup ever to be held in Oceania. It is to be played in a timeframe of around 35 days. The Australia 2034 bid beat a rival bid by China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore during a final vote at the 70th FIFA Congress in New York. It will be New Zealand and Australia's first time hosting the men's tournament.

Venues

Eight cities and ten stadiums will be used in Australia, and four cities and five stadiums in New Zealand. From the proposed venues, Gold Coast and Newcastle were not selected in Australia. The planned Aukland Stadium in Auckland will host the opening game, with the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne to host the 2034 Men's World Cup final match.

Australia
Hobart	Geelong	Canberra	Brisbane	Adelaide	Melbourne		Perth	Sydney
Hobart Stadium	Kardinia Park	Canberra Stadium	Lang Park(Brisbane Stadium)	Adelaide Oval	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Docklands Stadium	Perth Stadium	Stadium Australia	Sydney Football Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 30,000 (expandable to 45,000)	Capacity: 52,500	Capacity: 53,500	Capacity: 100,024	Capacity: 56,347	Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 83,500	Capacity: 45,000
Under Construction		Under Construction							Under construction
Australia host cities Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Perth Adelaide Canberra Geelong Hobart							New Zealand host cities Auckland Dunedin Christchurch Wellington
New Zealand
Auckland					Dunedin		Christchurch	Wellington
Eden Park				Auckland Stadium	Forsyth Barr Stadium(Dunedin Stadium)		Christchurch Stadium	Wellington Regional Stadium
Capacity: 50,000				Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 42,000		Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 60,000
				Under Construction	Under Construction		Under Construction	Under Construction