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Originally Posted by Table 5
You know, my heart (if not my brain) is behind the Olympics coming here...but I just don't think it's fair to compare the 88 games to today's situation. The financial burden these days is on a whole new level.
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Completely agree. It's also not fair to compare to Sochi, Beijing, etc. There is nothing stopping us from putting in a sensible bid (ie. conservative and favourable to us).
Vancouver is the only relevant comparison to look at. Nobody can claim to know precisely how the balance sheet shook out in the end. Nobody can legitimately claim it was a raging success or a raging failure. It was definitely somewhere in between - and it's a fair debate to have. This doesn't need to be the black/white, all/nothing debate at the extremes that so many want to paint it as.