The Queen declares the 20th Games open after a colourful ceremony
4,500 athletes from 71 nations/territories paraded into the stadium
Huge roar greeted Scotland's team into Celtic Park stadium
Sporting action begins at 08:45 BST on Thursday
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond on the One Show:
"It is great for Scotland. It is seven years since we won the Games but it is only in the last few days it has hit home. It is the most extraordinary feeling. It is here. I'm not going to be provoked or led into political debate. I'm just focusing on the Games. Everybody, even the England team, will get a fantastic response from the Celtic Park crowd. It will be a home crowd, but a generous crowd."
Aimee Lewis
BBC Sport at the opening ceremony in Glasgow
"It's hotter than Honolulu in Glasgow. Commentators are using T-shirts and tissue to protect their bonces from the rays, while there's a spectator or two putting the Saltire to good use before the flag waving begins. Chances of rain? Low. Chances of sunburn? High. Very high."
BBC Radio 5 live
GB's 11-time Paralympic champion Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson: "There's lots of brilliant memories of the Commonwealth Games for me, and it's an important stepping stone for many athletes.
"It's a bit more relaxed around the edges than the Olympics. I loved the opening ceremonies and I tried to get to as many as I could when I was competing."
Image source, PAWho else is on the bill?
Well the organisers have confirmed that former Britain's Got Talent finalist Susan Boyle and singer-songwriter Amy McDonald are also going to be there, but there are bound to be some surprises.
Chris McLaughlin
BBC Sport's Commonwealth Games reporter on BBC Radio 5 live
"Scots and Glaswegians are self-deprecating and I think you will see a bit of Glasgow having a laugh at their own expense in the opening ceremony.
"It will be 'don't take us too seriously, because we don't take ourselves too seriously'.
"It doesn't have the budget of the Olympics, it was never going to have something that. I think the organisers fear that people are expecting something similar to Danny Boyle at London 2012 but it won't be anything of that scale."
One person who might have a Black Watch sofa in their living room is Rod Stewart.
The spiky-haired crooner, born and raised in London but with Scottish ancestry, is aboard a plane and heading to Glasgow from his south of France home.
He tweets:, external "I'm very nervous and very proud to be performing at the Commonwealth Games #2014Ceremony tonight in Glasgow."
Only six teams have attended every Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.
Australia have won the most gold medals - 804 - and are the only team to have amassed more than 2,000 medals.
The 3,000th Commonwealth Games gold medal will be awarded in Glasgow.
Australia has staged the four-yearly event four times as have Canada.
Glasgow marks the third time Scotland has staged the four-yearly event, after Edinburgh played host in 1970 and 1986.
Image source, Patrick MacHughScotland badminton player Patrick MacHugh has tweeted:, external "The badminton team ready for the opening ceremony."
Barry McGuigan
Ex-CWG and world champion and BBC Sport boxing expert on the One Show
"The opening ceremony is incredible. I was only a kid when I experienced it - 17 years old. It was brilliant. For so many athletes coming through, and the older ones as well, it is great. To walk round the track and be with your team-mates, it is fantastic. A special moment."
The One Show are already basking in the late evening sun outside Celtic Park, where tonight's opening ceremony will take place.
The usual red sofas have been replaced with some snazzy tartan numbers. And sat upon them is a man who took gold as a 17-year-old in Edmonton in 1978...
Image source, Getty ImagesI've got some more numbers for you. Three hundred hours of television coverage, 200 hours of radio coverage and more than 1,300 hours of live action via up to 17 live online streams.
The Commonwealth Games lasts only 11 days. But the BBC will be chock full with the equivalent of 75 full days of all things Glasgow 2014. If you miss anything you only have yourself to blame.
Image source, Getty ImagesBula! Dy bannee diu! Haai!
However you say it round your way, I bid you a big hello and welcome to build-up ahead of tonight's opening ceremony for the 20th Commonwealth Games.
Over the next 11 days, 4,500 athletes representing 71 nations and territories, and a billion people, will compete over 17 sports for 261 gold medals.
Those numbers add up to a rich mix of excitement, intrigue and compelling human stories. And it is just a few hours away from beginning.
Image source, Getty ImagesBack in November 2007, Derek Casey packed a bottle of Scotch carefully into his luggage and boarded a flight to Sri Lanka.
The Glasgow 2014 bid chief promised that he would open his cargo regardless of whether his city or the Nigerian capital Abuja were successful in the final vote to host the Commonwealth Games.
Forty-seven votes to 24 ensured he was toasting success rather than drowning sorrows. Tonight, the really big party begins.