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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Damn you Phoenix why can’t you see the light!!!!!
Is this what the No arguement boils down to? Cause it isn’t super popular it must be a bad idea?
Calgary has its reasons to host. Mainly economic. It has been studied by BidCo to be viable provided proper funding.
That funds doesn’t exsist due to a country that is a disfunctional mess. To say other cities aren’t bidding so we shouldn’t is way too cynical and simplistic view.
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and yet no other city, with the expect of a maybe italian bid and a maybe stockholm bid, neither of which have received federal support from their own government, is bidding
The Yes side has their own 'simplistic view' too; part of it based on economic benefits to the local economy. Or worse, that notion that Calgary somehow isn't a 'world class' city if they don't host the olympics.
the fact of the matter is that the IOC is having problems attracting bids: that's not my view, that's a fact as demonstrated by the cities have dropped out of the running...