:00:14. > :00:21.Tonight in Newsnight Scotland, in two years time, the Commonwealth
:00:21. > :00:25.Games take place in Glasgow. He says he wants to be aired. -- be
:00:25. > :00:27.there. But what of the organisers doing to ensure that the
:00:27. > :00:32.Commonwealth Games lives up to the Olympics?
:00:32. > :00:34.Chris Hoy, Usain Bolt and Jessica Ennis could all be enacts and -- in
:00:34. > :00:39.action in the Commonwealth Games, and it seemed that enthusiasm is
:00:39. > :00:43.growing in the City fans to the population of -- popular --
:00:44. > :00:53.popularity of the Olympics. Today, the Glasgow organisers are in
:00:54. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :00:58.London to learn what they can. The pedalling into the history books.
:00:58. > :01:03.Sir Chris Hoy wins his 6th gold medal to become Britain's's most
:01:03. > :01:10.successful Olympian. He reflected on what he had achieved and what
:01:10. > :01:16.may lie ahead. This is phenomenal. Glasgow, that
:01:16. > :01:23.is another question. If I can keep going to Glasgow, that would be the
:01:23. > :01:26.dream ending for me. A piece of gold-plated publicity
:01:27. > :01:31.for the Commonwealth Games organisers as they have to harness
:01:31. > :01:36.the buzz created by the London Olympics. If Scotland's cycling
:01:36. > :01:42.superstar does compete in 2014, he will not be the only athlete going
:01:42. > :01:49.for gold in a venue named after him. Today, as the nation basked in his
:01:49. > :01:56.glory, work was going on it at the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome. The aim is
:01:56. > :02:01.that Glasgow is ready in two years' time. As the construction workers
:02:01. > :02:08.sweltered under some restaurants -- sunshine, eg detective engaged in
:02:08. > :02:12.some carefully timed promotion. Team GB has done fantastically, and
:02:12. > :02:17.Scottish athlete are part of that, and they have been an inspiration.
:02:17. > :02:27.It has really driven people's interest in Glasgow 2014, from a
:02:27. > :02:29.
:02:29. > :02:33.social media standpoint, it has Such has been the success of the
:02:33. > :02:40.Scottish athlete in Team GB, Glasgow 2014 organisers are
:02:40. > :02:47.claiming an Olympic balance. While excitement in the, what games has
:02:47. > :02:52.created an increased ticket demand. So does a trip to London's East End
:02:52. > :02:57.back up their findings? How do you feel about the Commonwealth Games
:02:57. > :03:03.coming to hear? I feel it will be good. By John not
:03:03. > :03:08.interested in the Olympics? No, too much to do.
:03:08. > :03:17.But I am interested in things other swimming and diving now.
:03:17. > :03:23.Give it another six months, and the hype will die down. 2014, the real
:03:23. > :03:27.Olympics, in Glasgow! But while sporting success has been
:03:27. > :03:34.the dominating theme of London 2012, they have been issues dragging the
:03:34. > :03:38.horizon. Problems with G4S left the -- led to the army been called in
:03:38. > :03:42.at the last minute, not part of the original plan. NT seat at venues
:03:42. > :03:46.also less red faces for London 2012 officials, had outrage from members
:03:46. > :03:50.of the public's desperate for tickets.
:03:50. > :03:56.We are looking at things a bit differently in some areas, in terms
:03:56. > :04:00.of how we engage up. We are looking at things such as capacity at
:04:00. > :04:05.different engagement in terms of the public and so forth, and how we
:04:05. > :04:14.can do things smarter. There is no question that ticketing and
:04:14. > :04:24.security have been the hot topics in the world and media. I think
:04:24. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :04:33.Four athletes and officials alike, the road to success is lined with
:04:33. > :04:38.potential pitfalls. Avoiding them will soon be Glasgow's
:04:38. > :04:44.responsibility. I enjoyed by the chief executive of
:04:44. > :04:48.20 -- Glasgow 2014, David Grevenberg. The deed of Glasgow
:04:48. > :04:53.Council is also here, and Professor of sport at Edinburgh University,
:04:53. > :04:56.Grant Jarvie, is in the studio in Edinburgh. A few things on the
:04:56. > :05:02.technicalities of this. Ticketing problems they have had at the
:05:02. > :05:06.Olympics in London. How do you get round that? Does the Commonwealth
:05:06. > :05:10.Games have the same problems? The problems in London seemed to be
:05:10. > :05:14.with these Olympic friends tickets. The Commonwealth Games are
:05:14. > :05:18.different. That is one of the expectations to be managed. The,
:05:18. > :05:22.what games are fundamentally different, a smaller capacity of
:05:22. > :05:29.venues address tickets on sale. But it does not mean that the
:05:29. > :05:38.performance is any less attractive. -- the Commonwealth Games.
:05:38. > :05:44.But you will have to the OAPs? -- of the I P is?
:05:44. > :05:51.You do have tickets back to be purchased by sponsors, for example,
:05:51. > :05:56.but it is a purchasing situation where all tickets are on sale.
:05:56. > :06:00.How will you get round the problem in London where by, say, in the
:06:00. > :06:04.swirling, the seating that was allocated to the Friends of the
:06:04. > :06:08.Olympics, the Olympic family, were largely empty?
:06:08. > :06:16.The difference is that there is accredited seating for people with
:06:16. > :06:19.accreditation. They can get in there based on their association.
:06:19. > :06:23.In the Commonwealth Games, there are some of those, but it is a
:06:23. > :06:28.different size and scope. We will be looking at policies around
:06:28. > :06:34.ticketing and accreditation of to the cat smarter ways to make sure
:06:34. > :06:37.we cannot achieve three areas. We want full stadia, because all the
:06:37. > :06:40.testimony coming in from athletes is that the buzz of the crowd, that
:06:41. > :06:45.full stadium makes an enormous difference, particularly for a home
:06:45. > :06:50.crowd. Secondly, we want an accessible and inclusive games, We
:06:50. > :06:54.want to reach two in wide audience. Throughout Scotland, throughout
:06:54. > :06:59.Glasgow and throughout the Commonwealth. Thirdly, we want to
:06:59. > :07:03.reach our ticket revenue. The other thing people have been
:07:03. > :07:09.going on about is the lottery for tickets in London. Are you selling
:07:10. > :07:13.them in a different way? We are not sure yet. The lesson
:07:13. > :07:17.learnt is absolutely critical, had we will look at it.
:07:17. > :07:23.The other issue at the beginning was security. I presume you will
:07:23. > :07:29.not be hiring G4S to run security? We are in the process of going
:07:29. > :07:34.through our security procurement. survey are in with a chance?!
:07:34. > :07:37.They will be considered, along with all. Why don't you get the army
:07:37. > :07:42.and? Everyone loves them. The the experience has been
:07:43. > :07:47.brilliant. The armed forces have been brilliant. Is that not an
:07:47. > :07:53.option? Can you actually just say you would
:07:53. > :07:58.like the Army to do it? Everything costs, at one of the things that
:07:58. > :08:03.has been recognised, and we have recognised, is that it is quite
:08:03. > :08:08.early days, but we want a safe and secure gains. We want a games that
:08:09. > :08:14.has a firm hand when necessary, but also a discrete elements.
:08:15. > :08:19.This is the first good news G4S have had since the Olympics opened!
:08:19. > :08:23.Gordon, what much -- what must concern you is this thing to that
:08:23. > :08:26.discussion earlier, where it is well-established that the economic
:08:26. > :08:31.effect in the centre of London has been negative over the course of
:08:31. > :08:35.the games, rather than about they were expecting?
:08:35. > :08:42.De Commonwealth Games are the largest sporting and cultural event
:08:42. > :08:52.that stock that has ever hosted. The issues around London, I think,
:08:52. > :08:53.
:08:53. > :08:58.weapon to be linked to the publicity,... They were actively
:08:58. > :09:05.encouraged to think, people went to go on holiday, or they work from
:09:05. > :09:14.home. If there are more people employed in the tourism sector in
:09:14. > :09:20.Glasgow. How will you stop that happening in London? -- in Glasgow?
:09:20. > :09:25.The scale is different. We expect a buzzing city. A when you say the
:09:25. > :09:30.scale, where the Olympics are, arguably, it is almost a small part
:09:30. > :09:34.of London, compared to the West End?
:09:34. > :09:39.Were warned not face the same issues that a world city facing the
:09:39. > :09:43.Olympic -- hosting the Olympic Games will face. The other thing is
:09:43. > :09:49.all the advantages that come to host cities after the Games. We do
:09:49. > :09:59.have a buzzing city during the games and all the legacy as well.
:09:59. > :10:09.Grant Jarvie in Edinburgh? Are you convinced of the legacy, the game
:10:09. > :10:10.
:10:10. > :10:15.is worth the candle in what they Yes, it's definitely worth it.
:10:15. > :10:20.Glasgow has learned a lot in comparison with what other cities
:10:20. > :10:25.have done. Scotland has a very good track record in attracting major
:10:25. > :10:30.sporting events to the country. We are punching well of our weight for
:10:30. > :10:34.a population of 5 million people. So the London Olympic Games and
:10:34. > :10:38.what we learn from that is just part of a journey that has been
:10:38. > :10:46.going on for some time. If we have learned from Barcelona... For for
:10:46. > :10:50.example, what have we learned from London? Well, I think in particular
:10:50. > :10:56.just how important sport is. If you listen to the stories of the
:10:56. > :11:03.athletes, there are some real human stories there. So there shall shall
:11:03. > :11:07.value of sport... We have respect we sort of knew that sport was
:11:07. > :11:12.important to sportsmen. I mean in terms of what lessons you take into
:11:12. > :11:18.Glasgow, that have specifically, out of the Olympics? Well, we know
:11:18. > :11:28.we have to have a long history of sport -- hosting events, and
:11:28. > :11:32.Glasgow has that. So we will take up what we learn that -- from
:11:32. > :11:38.bidding for the Ryder Cup, and Scotland has been really successful,
:11:38. > :11:41.not just in attracting one major sporting event, but we have a
:11:41. > :11:46.capacity and a capability, and we have learned a lot. Not all
:11:46. > :11:54.countries and cities have that knowledge, to successfully secured
:11:54. > :11:58.and win a major sporting events. All right. Undoubtedly people have
:11:58. > :12:05.been glued to the television set, but you presumably would like that
:12:05. > :12:10.at misfit to continue for the next two years. -- atmosphere. In a
:12:10. > :12:16.couple of months' time, people will have forgotten about it. We have
:12:16. > :12:20.been very focused on building our foundations, building confidence in
:12:20. > :12:26.terms of our programme as a partnership and an organising
:12:26. > :12:31.committee. We are a partnership in terms of the Scottish Government,
:12:31. > :12:37.Glasgow City Council, the Commonwealth Games Federation. It
:12:37. > :12:43.is all hands on deck, and we have a slew of other stakeholders. We now
:12:43. > :12:46.move into a phase of engagement, and tried -- start to get people
:12:46. > :12:51.very excited through the volunteering programme, through our
:12:51. > :12:56.ticket sales campaigns... In the year you will be having the Games,
:12:56. > :13:03.there may be a referendum on Scotland becoming independent. Is
:13:03. > :13:11.that it destruction for you, or is it helpful for you? -- is that a
:13:11. > :13:18.distraction for you? Very briefly - most cities do not get much of a
:13:18. > :13:21.legacy from the Games. Why do you keep trying for things like this?
:13:21. > :13:31.Because of Reading Glasgow companies have won 100 Nitin
:13:31. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:39.million pounds of contracts -- �180 million of contracts. Legacy is
:13:39. > :13:44.what it lasts. And if you can offer a done people... If you can create
:13:44. > :13:51.jobs in the city, and give young people jobs -- skills for life, it
:13:51. > :13:56.is about the Agassi, precisely. Thank you all very much.
:13:56. > :14:06.Let us look at tomorrow's front page. The Herald Leeds on the
:14:06. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:15.economy. -- the Herald's lead story is that on the economy.
:14:15. > :14:20.The Scotsman has a picture from the Edinburgh Fringe. 70% of Olympic
:14:21. > :14:30.medalists are state-educated -- Centre % of Scott Tish -- Scottish
:14:31. > :14:30.