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Originally Posted by polak
Yeah just cause you picked some of the most expensive games out of the air for your comparisons doesn't mean Calgary would spend anywhere close to that. Vancouver cost 6.4 Billion.
Unless you intend on closing all of those facilities they're due for updates anyways.
I'll trust the bid exploration committee to come out with the proper costs and then there can be an informed decision.
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I wouldn't say the last winter Olympics and the next winter Olympics are "pulled out of the air". They seem pretty relevant to me.
We've got better things to do with our money than spend it on bribing a bunch of aristocrats for the right to spend billions on short-term facilities that will meet their lofty standards and line their pockets. And then spending a bloody fortune putting up and ferrying around Saudi princes and other royalty at our expense so they can have a swell old time.
I'd love the Olympics to come back to Calgary, if it wasn't a scam run by a bunch of crooks.