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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
I hope you are right but I remain skeptical.
Sochi was estimated to be 4.5bil but came in north of 60bil so even if we account for huge amounts of corruption I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume the cost of the Calgary games would be in the 10-15bil range or 2-3 times the current budgeted amount.
Until I see the details I’m gonna remain very leary of any “budget”
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Originally Posted by RM14
Neither Sochi, Rio, or Beijing are comparable to what Calgary is trying to do.
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Yep, comparing Calgary to Sochi, or even Rio and Beijing is like comparing apples to oranges.
Why I'm very much in favour of the bid, and believe the projected costs would be reasonable, and fairly close to the actual costs, is that Calgary already has the fondation infrastructure in place, that we'll make use of before the games, during the games, and afterwards. We get the benefits of a few new facilities that are necessary and wanted, as well update on the current ones that we do already have to ensure they can continued to be used for decades to come.
As mentioned in this thread, the university was a huge benefitor from the previous Olympics. Doing this again in 2026 should be no different, since it's in dire need for massive renovations and expansions to it's kinesiology/recreation facility, as well get upgrades to the Olympic Oval (which gets tons of international use), and the foothill fieldhouse.