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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
1988 is not a valid, relevant comparison to anything anymore. It's like comparing cell phones now with cell phones in 1988. Invoking 1988 is purely emotional bait
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No, it's not. The bid committee had its own unique challenges for size, scope, number of events, infrastructure upgrades, and IOC demands.
The same situation applies with the 2026 bid, even if the amount of dollars involved and the priorities have shifted.
It's not invoking "emotional bait" unless you're talking about making the sell based on feelie touchies which you seem to think is happening. There is far more to it than that.
This is a chance to building new, upgrade, and take advantage of facilities that have served 30 years to the Calgary public and, with another Olympics in tow, can continue to serve Calgarians for another 30 years with the right level of investment from multiple parties.
The 1988 Olympics will always be inextricably tied to this 2026 bid, but is that a bad thing since those games were considered a success? It would be far more of a fallacy to try and sell the Greece or Brazil games as "success", which this isn't.