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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
"We’re now hearing presentation on what a good bid *could* look like. On security: Emma May says estimates peg security costs at around $1B, primarily to be borne by Federal Government"
how can anyone peg security costs at 1B for a 2026 olympics when it was about that for 2010?
seems a bit disingenuous, doesn't it?
guess it's easy to throw out any old number when expecting someone else to pay for it.
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We'll get more information when the hosting plan is released to the public next week, but from the original report that was presented to Council in the spring of 2017, the plan to keep security costs lower is to minimize the required number of secure locations. The biggest inflator of security costs is the increased number of secure areas and paying people to staff those areas.
That's the big reason why it proposed using the Stampede Grandstand for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and the nightly Medal Ceremonies rather than McMahon and Olympic Plaza.
In the original report it was suggested that Stampede Park be used for: Media Centre (BMO Centre/Big 4); Figure Skating/Short Track (Saddledome); Big Hockey (New Arena); Small Hockey (Corral); and the Opening/Closing/Medal Ceremonies (Grandstand). Plus, the Athlete's Village will likely be somewhere in East Victoria Park (in the report, the information about the Athlete's Village is redacted, but if you read between the lines, I believe they're suggesting the location where the Bus Barn currently is in Victoria Park).
All of those facilities would be within one large secure zone. In Vancouver, those events were all in different locations around the city and each needed to be secured separately.