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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.
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I didn't pick them out of the air. I picked the last Games, the Games now in preparation, and the next bid after that. 2014, 2018, 2022. Costs and the IOC have left the 2010 numbers far behind.
Even if you could bring in the Games for the same price Vancouver paid, $6.4 billion is a ridiculous sum of money to put up in order to satisfy some politicians' edifice complex and make the IOC even richer.
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Unless you intend on closing all of those facilities they're due for updates anyways.
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None of those updates are budgeted for. Apparently the various levels of government don't agree with you about the urgency of the updates.
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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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The bid exploration committee has an incentive to underestimate the costs, because they will then have the inside track on all the jobs for the boys: the bid committee, and then the organizing committee itself.