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Originally Posted by getbak
Unless there's a multi-million dollar renovation for McMahon or the construction of a whole new stadium announced in the next 4 months, I don't think there's much chance of Calgary being one of the cities chosen in the New Year.
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Well, as mentioned, there has to be some glimmer of hope/plan for Calgary to even get announced at this stage.
But yes, agreed. I think it's a placeholder that CESG wants in there. If the City decides to go ahead with the Olympic bid, a new stadium, or a full refurbishment of McMahon will have to be part of that for Opening/Closing ceremonies. Calgary would then have a stadium that would rival BC Place as the best in Canada, and thus get the WC games.
Probably mentioned in one of the threads, but I assume if we get the Olympics, and the CAN/US/Mex bid comes through, Calgary would be the first city in history to host a WC game and Olympics in the same calendar year?