[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Muta

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?

And why is it so hard to understand that I'm making the case that the Olympics is a wasteful way to get those projects funded?
I know what you're saying, and I'm saying I think it's incredibly financially irresponsible to hold a 2 week party, at the expense of City, Provincial, and Federal tax payers as an excuse to accelerate funding for needed infrastructure projects.

The Province and Federal Governments don't have unlimited money to play with; the Olympics would draw on that funding in an incredibly wasteful fashion, thus ensuring other capital projects that are required here, or elsewhere don't get built. Why is this so hard to understand?