{"id":1907,"date":"2026-05-17T06:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2026-05-17T06:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:51:59","slug":"olympic-games-could-come-to-north-of-england-in-2040s-under-labour-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=1907","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Games could come to north of England in 2040s under Labour plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-1ihz57b-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"independent\">\n<div data-theme-wrapper=\"independent\" style=\"display:contents\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveInsideSportNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/InsideSport1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Inside Sport\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM cLEJmn\">Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world of sport<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM iTZFOX\">Get our free Inside Sport newsletter<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM iGYpOF\">Get our free Inside Sport newsletter<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/InsideSport1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Inside Sport\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A bid to stage the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/los-angeles-tiktok-europe-florida-men-b2977767.html\" title=\"These women are training to represent the US in an Olympic sport they'd never heard of\">Olympic and Paralympic Games<\/a> in the north of England in the 2040s is to enter the initial assessment phase, the Government has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Government has commissioned UK Sport to conduct the assessment as part of its ambition to drive regeneration in towns and cities through sport. The assessment will consider costs, socio-economic benefits and the chances of success.<\/p>\n<p>If it did succeed, it would be the first Games staged in Britain since London 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/bbc-lisa-nandy-press-association-tim-davie-culture-secretary-b2958823.html\" title=\"BBC job cuts have had \u2018strong effect\u2019 on staff \u2013 Lisa Nandy\">Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy<\/a> said: \u201cLondon 2012 showed what the Olympics can do for our country. It inspired a generation through sport, attracted huge investment and showed the best of Britain to the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut while the north of England has driven so much sporting excellence, no matter the talent we produce, the sporting moments we create and the world-class events we attract \u2013 for too long we have been told the Olympics is simply too big and too important to be hosted in the north.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot any more. It\u2019s time the Olympics came north and we showed what we can offer to the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 liZTsd\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/03\/14\/13\/24\/iStock-171368211.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/03\/14\/13\/24\/iStock-171368211.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/03\/14\/13\/24\/iStock-171368211.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Olympic rings hang from Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympics, the last time the games was hosted in England\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">The Olympic rings hang from Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympics, the last time the games was hosted in England<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Getty Images<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more pleased to announce that we\u2019re starting the firing gun on a long overdue vote of confidence in the north.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The findings of the initial assessment will determine whether a more detailed technical feasibility study is undertaken to examine costs, benefits and viability of hosting the Games.<\/p>\n<p>Any final decision on if and when a future bid might take place would be for the British Olympic Association and British Paralympic Association to take.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester was unsuccessful in a 1993 bid to stage the 2000 Olympic Games, which were ultimately awarded to Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Documents released from the National Archive included a postmortem of why the bid had failed, including a comment from Damian Green, a former Conservative MP but at the time a policy advisor to then Prime Minister John Major, who said the reason Manchester had lost out was \u201cobvious\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one in their right mind would spend three weeks in Manchester rather than Sydney,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the comments after their public release in 2019, Green said: \u201cI\u2019m glad I was wrong and that Manchester did eventually succeed in a bid and held a memorably-successful Games (the 2002 Commonwealth Games).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManchester has become a lesson in urban renewal and I have learned not to be cynical.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world 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