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Originally Posted by Joborule
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.
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It’s naive to ignore recent IOC projects and cost overruns regardless of the circumstances and to say that “what Calgary is trying to do is different” is great but I’m skeptical... lots of people still see the Olympics as a major windfall and I just am exercising caution.
Hopefully we do come out of it with an awesome revamp and kick start of necessary infrastructure projects and all under or on budget.
But my experience working on projects in Oil & Gas and public sector have jaded me to the under budget promise... especially when there is a set deadline timewise.