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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Goodness. How do these cities spend $1bn on security? Seems so excessive.
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It does, but given what has happened in the past, it is also probably necessary. Vancouver's security budget was probably higher than what Calgary would be given there was an Olympic riot in Vancouver that is far less likely to happen here.
Over a third of VANOC's budget came from the IOC itself, and that helps mitigate the cost of these things.