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Originally Posted by Muta
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics debt-free, VANOC final report says
You can suggest it's a "two week party", but Vancouver, as a community and as a city, is reaping the benefits of the facilities TODAY that otherwise may have not have been possible anytime soon, thanks to hosting the Olympics.
Complain about funding all you want, my point still stands, with examples. |
And my point stands with many, many more counter examples.
I'll grant that Calgary and Vancouver are good examples of how to host a games, but those are definitely not the norm, and there are no gaurantees that the 2026 games would go as well as those other games.
If there were assurances in place that the IOC would make up the difference should the games run a deficit, then great, but until I see that, I'm not going to support a bid for what could be a very costly event.
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