Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

[5][6] On 21 June 2019, Birmingham City Council released the images and plans for renovating Alexander Stadium and claimed that it would create a legacy asset for the Perry Barr area in which it stands.

The revamped stadium would also host a range of tenants including Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club and Birmingham City University,and in addition, a large part of the stands would be temporary to reduce costs.

[8][9][10] The organising committee of the Games confirmed on on July 19, 2017, that the track cycling events would be held at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London as a way to save money and also as a celebration of 10 years since the 2012 Summer Olympics.

[11][12] The people of Birmingham and the West Midlands were unhappy with the bid committee's decision as they would have to travel to London to watch the events.

It claimed that the construction of a venue would help to develop the sport in the West Midlands region, which has a population of 5.6 million people but no indoor velodrome.

It also said that velodromes could be used as a multi-sport facility by hosting basketball, netball, table tennis and boxing, as well as staging non-sporting events, such as music concerts.

To meet the CGF's venue requirements for hosting track cycling, the seating capacity must be at least 4,000 which ruled out the temporary options that were being explored in the city, as well as Derby Arena.

The organising committee finally agreed with the Lee Valley VeloPark in London to host the games' track cycling events.

They also added that the construction of a £50 million velodrome would have made staging the Games, as a whole, an unviable proposition, which he meant that the city and region would have missed out the legacy benefits of new housing, better transport and a repositioned international profile.

[21] Some feared that Birmingham, being Europe's largest local authority with an annual budget of £3 billion, could face insolvency in the next few years if its finances were not improved.

[22] In order to avoid to bankruptcy, Birmingham City Council proposed to impose a 'hotel tax', to help pay 25% cost for the Commonwealth Games.

[23] In September 2023, one year after the Games, Birmingham City Council issued a Section 114 notice declaring that it did not have the resources to balance its budget.

Officials from the National Rifle Association of India and IOA were unhappy with the decision of removal of shooting and wanted the Indian government to boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

[47][48] Afterwards, the CGF revealed that their team would attend the ISSF Extraordinary General Assembly in Munich, Germany in December 2019 to discuss how the sport can be involved in the 2022 Games.

[52] In January 2020, it was proposed that shooting and archery competitions would take place in India some time before the Birmingham Games but count in the medal table.

[56] On 4 February 2020, the House of Lords endorsed India's proposal to host the additional shooting and archery events for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The council revealed that the Games preparations, which include the construction of the Athletes' Village and the demolition of the Perry Barr flyover, could possibly face unexpected delays, due to a 20 per cent reduction in the workforce.

The Commonwealth Games Federation later publicly apologised and returned the money for "incorrectly indicating that it was a bronze medal race on the scoreboard and results sheet".

[69] In a men's scratch cycling race heat on 31 July, Matt Walls and his bike crashed over the upper track barrier into the crowd.

Serving as a commentator for the BBC and the Guardian newspaper, Sir Chris Hoy said injuries to two spectators could have been prevented by a higher perspex barrier.

[70] On 5 August, the wrestling session at the Coventry Arena was halted for nearly two hours and spectators were asked to vacate the venue after a loudspeaker fell from the ceiling at the stands destroying some benches.

[73][74] The International Hockey Federation later issued a statement, "The penalty shootout started mistakenly too early (the clock was not yet ready to operate), for which we apologise.