India, aiming to win the bid, had taken a strong support cast of the Indian Corporate Sector, superstars like the world 100 m champion Kim Collins, and Lord Sebastian Coe, India's little master Sunil Gavaskar, Anjali Bhagwat, Morad Ali Khan, and Michael Ferreira to Jamaica. In the end it all paid rich dividends.

The preparations to host the 2010 Games would begin straight away, save for a suitable period of recovery after the celebrations.

The plans for the preparations are already drawn. The first phase of the Delhi airport modernisation will be completed by March 2010, well before the Commonwealth Games, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium is getting refurbished, so is Nehru Stadium Complex. The construction of a new indoor stadium, Talkatora Indoor Stadium, having a capacity of 15, 000, is underway; two out door stadiums, DDA Siri Fort Sports Complex and Siri Fort Auditorium, are built to provide a lasting legacy for the sport of Lawn Bowls.

The Games village, to be situated on the banks of river Yamuna in West Delhi, is planned to provide unique services and facilities like "athlete-comfort" orientation and approach. The Village promises to translate traditional Indian hospitality into standards of comfort & excellence never seen before.

Michael Fennell, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chairman, during his visit in June 2006, was so happy with the plan and progress that he said he ‘was much impressed by the intellectual freshness brought in' by Aiyar, the sports minister.
With a number of world class projects, including quality transportation, food, lodging, sightseeing, under way, the 2010 Games will provide a fantastic opportunity to promote the Commonwealth Games to a New Generation of fans