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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
Calgary was a great success but they hosted a very different games than the games that you now see, there were half the sports and the media coverage was much, much, much smaller. Never again will you see the Olympics in a small city/big town, because the cost is just too big for it to be a success. Look at a facility like the Oval, adequate for the 1988 Olympics but has half the seating of a facility such as in Richmond or Sochi. Just because it was a success once does not dictate that it will be a success in the future.
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Montreal was a much bigger city in 1976 and look at how those summer games turned out. IIRC they were still paying for it 30 years later.