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Originally Posted by Muta
It would be embarrassing if the 3rd biggest city in Canada is not part of the Canadian bid to host the World Cup, simply because of inadequate facilities in one of the richest cities on the earth per capita.
You may not think that is embarrassing, but I do and I'm sure there is many out there that share the same sentiment.
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Why is it embarrassing. I get that you might want this city to be a part of the World Cup bid, but again, all that's saying is Calgary isn't a soccer city. Personally for you, and many others likely thats upseting. But in isolation, that means nothing about the city of Calgary.
Calgary is one of the few cities in this country that could be set up to host an Olympic games (winter). Are other cities that aren't an embarassement. The point is, you can't site the inability to participate in ONE event as an indication of a lack of world class facilities in the city as a whole. Doing that is plain and simple in accurate.
Calgary is set up to host Olympics, NHL hockey, NBA basketball if needed, CFL football, concerts, etc..... (and a new arean is meant to maintain our position to do the above in the future as the facilities are antiquated).
Calgary is clearly not set up well to host NFL football, Soccer or any form of Baseball.
We absolutely don't need to check everything off that list to be a world class city. This city has hosted Olympics, hosts one of the most world renound festivals in the world, along with plenty of other things. If this city simply never becomes a soccer city, it means nothing in isolation.