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Originally Posted by Joborule
This is a component that makes hosting the Olympics in '26 attractive. It could set up the foundation for Calgary to host the games repeatedly over the next several decades. Show that at a renewable olympics can be cost efficient, and reduce the need to continually build facilities that won't have use after the games. If we proceed with the bid, win, and it works out well in the end, then it should lead to more games here down the road.
Bouncing back between Calgary, and other cities in the world (even nationally like Vancouver and Montreal possibly) every few decades would make Calgary distinct, and improve it's tourism draw and worldwide prestige.
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i truly question teh value of tourism draw. i beleive that i am pretty average, and that i know some other average people, and not once have i ever heard anyone say "hey, the last olympics were in XXXXX, the place looked cool, let's go there".
what does worldwide prestige mean?
lastly, if we hold the olympics here every couple of decades, you are still going to need new facilities as they age