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Old 06-09-2015, 10:51 PM   #256
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Who paid for the Big O?
You would like to compare a stadium publicly-financed as part of a successful Olympic bid with stadiums publicly-financed to appease billionaires using sports franchises as leverage? Even if you had a point, the Big O was still a boondoggle.
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