Elizabeth Bid for the 2020 Mapperdonian Sports Championships

Elizabeth will be New Edmund's bid for the 2020 Sports Championships. This will be the first time that the Summer Championships have been bidded for by New Edmund and will be following an unsuccessful bid for the 2020 Winter Sports Championships. In September 2019, following the unsuccessful bid for the 2020 Winter Sports Championships, attention shifted to an attempt to bring the summer edition of the Championships to Elizabeth. The Elizabeth City Council met with the New Edmund Olympic Committee met to propose a bid for the Ulimaroa Capital to bid for the 2019 Summer Sports Champuionships. The bid has been fully supported by government, the public and stakeholders of Sport New Edmund. The bid became a reality when New Edmund officially submitted the bid on Good Friday in 2020.

Venues


Elizabeth Sports Park will host the centrepiece for the games- both ceremonies as well as hosting the athletes and the medal ceremonies.

In a championships first, two venues are planned to be used for the Opening Ceremony with the 15,000 seat West Elizabeth Gardens Arena (originally built for the unsuccesful bid for the 2020 Winter Sports Championships) and the 85,000 seats Elizabeth Stadium. This allows more people to attend the Ceremonies. The Elizabeth Stadium is planned to have the main ceremony with some cultural acts and sections of Baton relay. The Sports Championships flag is also planned to march from the West Elizabeth Gardens Arena to Elizabeth Stadium.

A Live Site will also be set up next to the Elizabeth Stadium to become the centre showcase of the games.

All venues will continue to be used at either local, community or professional level post games.

== Other Informations ==

Ecological Impact:
These Games will be known as the Green Games. The Facilities have been set up to continue to keep the native animals and plants at its prime. No building or facilitiy can be built before it has been approved by the Elizabeth Ecological Impact Trust.

International Broadcast Center:
The Championships Broadcast Center will be at the Convention Center in Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is right in the heart of the city where the Ceremonies and fan site will be based.

Athletes Village:
The Athletes Village will house athletes, officials and media in high rise apartments in a village style estate in the heart of Elizabeth right next to the Elizabeth Olympic Park. Post games a section of the village will be kept as accommodation for sporting teams and athletes that travel to Elizabeth to compete and train while the rest will be used as accommodation for the University of Elizabeth housing international and domestic students.

Transport:
Elizabeth has a rail link connecting the city from the Airport and has a rail, light rail and underground rail system in the city, All venues in Elizabeth will have transport right outside their doorstep. Shuttle Busses will run free across all the venues.

There is 2 Airports in Elizabeth. The Elizabeth Royal International Airport has facilities for both International and Domestic flights with Mt Bairnsdale Regional Airport flying regional planes to other regional destinations throughout New Edmund. Other public tranpsort in Elizabeth include light rail, rail, bus, and Airport Rail Link. Mt Bairnsdale Regional Airport will be open for athletes to fly direct to Mt Bairnsdale for the Championships.

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Safety and security:
Elizabeth Police will be employed across all the venues and public sites to ensure that the games will be a safe games. Security Checks will be made to everyone prior to entering the venues to make sure everyone is sage. Security is one of the focuses in Elizabeth and for the City of Elizabeth. Customs for getting into Elizabeth and Ulimaroa are strong as everyone needs to go through customs before entering the State. To get into Stadiums and places of intrest, everyone needs to go thru 'Airport Security Style Checks' to allow everywhere and everyone who enters Elizabeth to be 100% Safe. Police present is strong in Airports and around Major Events to ensure that safety is put first. Guns are banned from the country however people can only have a possession of a gun if they have a Gun licence to ensure that the Safety of Elizabeth is placed first.

KIDS Championships:
Schools will be invited to be part of KIDS Championships. This is a program for kids aged 6-12 to be involved in sport across the city with apearanes from the athletes as well. This is to get kids into sport!

Live Sites:
Across all the venues, live sites will be set up to get the spectators into the action and allow the Spirit to live on. This enolves screens of the events, athletes appearances, sponsor tents and food trucks.

Legacy:
All venues will be used post the games at either local, community or professional level. This is to ensure that the money used to bring the games to Elizabeth is well spent for the Elizabeth public and community to use.