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Originally Posted by Muta
Another benefit to upgrading all winter sports infrastructure in and around Calgary is the ability to attract future non-Olympic international competitions, tournaments and events, which contributes to the local economy in the long term. I do know that the Nordic Centre has to be upgraded if they have any hope of hosting the major biathalon events in the future. This is just one example, as well.
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Muta, you and I have been on the same pro-Olympics side of this thread all along. This latest update plus the Macleans assessment is the first time I've started thinking it might just be too expensive for what we'll get out of it. Although I still need to understand the ~$2.5B of economic activity benefit a bit more.
Are you still solidly in the "this is a good idea camp" after the latest update? If so, why? ...you think the infrastructure is worth that price? ...you think the economic activity numbers are genuine and tangible? ...you think the legacy sports complex upgrades will pay off? ...you just want tha partay? ...etc