There are a majority of citizens who just see total dollars and scream NO NO NO...
Calgary should greatly benefit largely from community investments that would not have otherwise happened without the Olympics. If you are protecting Canadian taxpayers go for it. I don't mind sucking money from Federal and Provincial budgets for local benefit to Calgarians.
Vancouver for example:
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"Those projects, along with a flurry of smaller developments including new community centres, the Olympic Village in Whistler and the Richmond Olympic Oval, drove up the cost of the Games, but gave Whistler and Vancouver developments the cities might never have seen.
And those projects were largely paid for by the provincial and federal governments. The report states that for every $12 spent by Ottawa and B.C. on the three big projects, local taxpayers contributed only $1"
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle15036916/