Gold Coast's mayor says the Australian city isn't interested in rescuing the 2022 Commonwealth Games after Durban was stripped of the hosting rights.
Gold Coast will host the 2018 edition of the Games but Mayor Tom Tate has ruled out backing up again four years later.
"Council will not consider hosting the 2022 Games," Tate said in a statement on Tuesday.
The English cities of Birmingham and Liverpool have expressed interest in hosting the 2022 event after Durban in South Africa was stripped of the right on Monday.
The Commonwealth Games Federation said Durban, which had hoped to be the first African city to host the Games, failed to meet promises contained in its bid.
Anticipating such trouble, the federation recently acquired the power to choose a new host city without a formal bid process.
Birmingham and Liverpool have put up their respective hands after both earlier expressing interest in hosting the 2026 Games.
"Here in Birmingham we are already in the advanced stages of producing a detailed feasibility study on what would be needed," Birmingham City Council's deputy leader Ian Ward said in a statement.
"That is due to be completed in the coming weeks."
The BBC quoted a spokesperson for Liverpool City Council as saying it had "already indicated to the government that we are very willing to host them (the 2022 Games) instead".
The Commonwealth Games Federation's executive vice-president Kereyn Smith, also the head of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, said the federation would invite cities considered willing and capable of holding the Games to step in.
"I think the time frame is a matter of months, certainly not longer than that," she told New Zealand radio.
"The president (of the CGF) Louise Martin is working with cities that have the ability and the facilities and they can quickly get the money together to make a commitment to do that."
Canadian media said Durban's withdrawal might revive interest in Edmonton, which pulled out of the 2022 bid in 2015, leaving the South African city the sole bidder.
"This raises some interesting possibilities ... but the city could not undertake this alone," Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson told the Edmonton Journal newspaper.
The Durban decision came after Australian sports stars Anna Meares and Kurt Fearnley helped the Queen launch the baton relay for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at Buckingham Palace.
