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Originally Posted by SebC
Not true... St. Moritz also hosted twice.
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Los Angeles has also hosted twice. And as of 2012, London will have hosted 3 times. I don't think the IOC would have a problem granting the games to a city that's already hosted them.
As for the suggestion that Calgary hosting a dozen years after Vancouver wouldn't happen.....1984 (LA), 1996 (Atlanta), 2002 (Salt Lake). 3 games in 18 years....
That said, I'm about 45% for / 55% against another bid. I'm all for associating with the ideals of sport - dedication, fair play, integrity, hard work, etc.....but these are qualities that are (more or less) trumped at the Olympics by unbridled commercialism. I don't know that I want my city associated with that any more than it already is.