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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
It is pretty humorous to see a lot of people staunchly against public money going towards an arena onboard with the Olympics. They're essentially the same thing, except instead of helping out billionaires from the city you're helping out an international consortium that has its headquarters in a compound in Switzerland.
What happened to all the cries about money for the homeless, or seniors?
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I'm against the arena and I'm more supportive of an Olympic bid. I still don't think we should do the bid though. An Olympic big could inject federal and provincial cash into actual beneficial infrastructure like the LRT. We'd end up with more long term sporting facilities than we do with just the arena. There is a lot more potential benefit to a city with the Olympics.
There are reasons to support one and not the other, even if the one is a lot more money.