Manchester is fighting to ensure that its staging of the 2002 Commonwealth Games does not turn into a public relations and financial disaster.
The biggest expenditure will be the new 50,000-seater stadium and sports complex at the heart of a regeneration project east of Manchester.
There are concerns about escalating costs which have risen from the £58.5m originally envisaged to a latest estimate of £70m.
Financial Times 11/03/99 page 10
