People keep talking about the boost we got to the city and our presence on the world stage in '88 and saying we should do that again, boost our city up and reap the benefits. Has none of these people heard of the law of diminishing returns? You can't say that we got X amount of benefit from the first Olympics so let's do it again and get another X benefit.
In '88 hosting made the world aware or us, if we do it again the world will just say "oh ya, Calgary, the hosts of the '88 games". The first time hosting we got a lot of facilities from hosting, I get that, it was a great deal. If we don't host again that legacy and those facilities don't go anywhere, we still have them. If there was any other added benefit from this bid, anything lasting like a facility or city infrastructure I would be a yes. But as it is, we are on the hook for outrageous costs to get a $200M field house and a few upgraded buildings? sorry, that won't change my life in any way so it's a no.
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