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Old 09-13-2018, 02:59 PM   #721
Senator Clay Davis
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Originally Posted by stampsx2 View Post
Haha ok

Vancouver Olympics break even in final ‘team effort’ budget

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.thes...rt_budget.html




2010 Olympics: Vancouver Winter Games Gave Economy A $2.3 Billion Boost, Report

https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/...n_1035427.html
They "broke even" thanks to tax money, otherwise they lost $250 million. And the report you link shows little to no growth in tourism after the Olympics happened (something Olympic supporters consistently tout as a benefit). But you likely know there are many more reports that show the economic benefits are dubious at best and outright lies at worse.

Look, all I'm saying is that if you want to take the position that there are no real long term benefits, but we get to party, I'm cool with that. It's the attempt to deceive people about the benefits that is just grifter ####.
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