[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard

Well that just isn't true at all. Lake Placid held the Winter Olympics twice with a 50 year gap in between the dates (1932 and 1980).

In the Summer Olympics London (3X - 1908, 1948, 2012), Athens (1896, 2004) and Los Angeles (1932, 1984).

The fact is that a city hosting the Olympics twice is very rare and I don't think holding onto an expensive building to maintain would be a good use of funds, especially if done out of the hope of an Olympic games in the future.

Innsbrook only hosted the games twice because the initial host city (Denver) decided that the cost was to great, as did other host cities. I guess you could say that they hosted the games twice, but one was by default. In the case of the 1948 games the location was selected because the Swiss were neutral and had facilities.
I guess what I am trying to say is that if people are hoping that the Dome stays as part of an Olympic bid it would be foolish as by the time that Calgary would be considered again the new building itself would be aging and in need of replacement.

Some say that since Albertville and Chamonix are only 73 km from each other or Albertville and Grenoble being 82 km apart, that area hosted the Olympics 3 times. Innsbruck won the 1964 games and then as you said by default for the 1976 games. Salt Lake City wanted to be the host after Denver didn't want them but the IOC didn't want another US city. Lake Placid hosted the 1980 games by default too as it was the only bid because Vancouver pulled out. Both of the LA games were by default, Tehran pulled out of the race for the 1984 games. Other default games were Athens 1896, Paris 1900, and Chamonix 1924. London didn't win the 1908 games, Rome did but due to Mt. Vesuvius erupting the games were relocated to the UK. London 1948 was given to them since they won the 1944 games but didn't happen due to WWII. http://www.webcitation.org/5xFvf0ufx