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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
I’m saying they are being built at a premium because they are being built along with an Olympic bid. That’s the premium, putting on the games, not that contractors are going to collude with each other and bid higher.
My point has been pretty clear. If the infrastructure is important enough, and needed, then just build it, don’t use the Olympics as an excuse to build something. We can spend money on the needed projects, or we can spend money on the needed projects AND pay the IOC and all the other costs that come with hosting the games.. One is substantially cheaper.
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I'm not sure your point makes sense, frankly. Cities, such as Calgary, and stakeholder groups, such as WinSport, have lots of wants and needs in terms of community, recreation and high performance facilities and programs. They do not have unlimited budgets for all the projects they want to do.
While they have capital plans for these facilities and programs, funding becomes available - that otherwise wouldn't - for some of these facilities when an appropriate engine, such as the Olympics, helps to propel these projects forward. The sources of these funds are usually from governments at the provincial and federal levels.
The City of Calgary and WinSport don't have unlimited money to play with; the Olympics helps to find that funding in a more streamlined fashion, thus making it more probable to build those facilities. Why is this so hard to understand?