I would think new ski jumps might make the most sense at the Nordic Centre...probably aerial too. This makes sense especially considering the 'combined' event that is half ski jumping and half nordic. CNC also has other training facilities that would make sense in the long run.
I'm not sure they would actually need a brand new sliding track. Calgary hosted the World Championships as recently as 2006, and is still a mainstay on the World Cup calendar (it's missed a few seasons here and there, but not in the last few years). It would likely need a facelift, but I don't think a course needs to be as dangerous as Whistler to meet IOC standards.
Not sure if the town of Canmore would be interested, but it could be very cool to build a new sliding track from the Nordic Centre down to town, and perhaps a gondola/chairlift back up to the CNC. Definitely a luxury item more than a need though.
I'm not sure if Nakiska would still meet necessary standards for the downhill, and even if it did who knows how reliable their snow will be in 10 years. I would think the alpine events would need to stay at Louise (although COP could potentially even host slalom now)...
I wonder where they would want to do slopestyle, superpipe and skicross? COP courses would be short and lame, but perhaps more spectator friendly. Louise would be the best unless there are concerns with more events in the National Park, in which case Nakiska would make sense (yet then it is yet another venue to secure).
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