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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Then how about PyeongChang?
Estimated cost: $7 billion
Actual cost: $13 billion
It's a mistake to think of the funding as all going to needed infrastructure upgrades. Much of it goes to expenses with no lasting benefits, like security, and to infrastructure that has very little or no utility after an Olympics, such as ski jumps.
There's a reason most democracies are no longer willing to bid on these things anymore.
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Except the for the other 6 in the running for 2026 I guess?
Obviously there are some costs that are just for the event, but there are also projects that are built that aren't directly related. I think that for the '88 games things such as the C-train have had lasting impact on the city. Then you have the more obvious athletic use facilities. Not everything is spent just on those two weeks, and the impacts can be much longer lasting in a positive way.