Scotstoun would be the likely venue for athletics if Scotland hosted a scaled-back Commonwealth Games in 2026.
Glasgow 2014 featured 18 sports - eight more than the 2024 version could have - while Birmingham 2022 had 20
No public investment would be involved and all venues would be within an eight-mile radius in Glasgow."There are other interested parties but I think it's possible," Ian Reid, chair of Commonwealth Games Scotland , told BBC Scotland. "The federation is willing to invest the money it received from the Victorian settlement when they pulled out of the Games - so there's £100m that could be directly invested.
"There are two mandatory sports - aquatics and athletics - and of the others, we've said we'll only pick sports that fit into the venue footprint that we've got available to us," he added.
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