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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Sure, but how is a speed skating oval 99.9% of the city will never use going to help? The fieldhouse I can't dispute as being more valuable, but really that's the only facility that is worthy of investment as a public health facility. So I suppose the real question is how do we get the fieldhouse without the $1billion handout to Securitas and G4S? I think it'd be pretty cool the not have to incur the $1billion to get a $200 million facility, but maybe that's just me. The problem I will never stop having is we can't get these things because we need them. Only for the Olympics. It speaks to how pathetic and weak most politicians are.
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In a perfect world, with or without the Olympics, these all the facilities that are needed, plus renewed would get done, and then the costs for security goes out the door if you don't still maintain the desire to host the games. But unfortunately as you mentioned, it doesn't work that way. This is why an opportunity to get funding for all the eggs in one batch is something to strongly consider. Because to do it for one thing alone, it's like pulling teeth. Getting money for a new arena, and renovations to McMahon, and a fieldhouse, and Oval renovations, winsport upgrades, etc. would be difficult to pull off in a reasonable (10-15 years) timespan.