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Originally Posted by Kybosh
I'll agree that Vancouver is not necessarily a winter city but the infrastructure for the events are there and it's proximity to the mountains is good enough reason for me. There are always criticisms for every host city that they won't be ready (if I recall correctly, the birds nest stadium in Beijing was almost not complete in time). I don't know what to say about protesters. I guess that if the events are run in a free country, protests will come with the territory.
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Nothing against the city itself but you can't say +11 plus rain is where the games should be held. Vancouver would be a better Summer games city IMO but it wouldn't sell like Hockey will.
I also don't enjoy having to pay off something for the next 40 years so we can party for two weeks.