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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I think the real take here is there's no real financial case to sell to the public, it's extremely underwhelming. So it's going to be two weeks of being beaten over the head with all the emotional arguments, because that's all the Yes side really has that's effective.
And yeah, actually, elite sport competition is pretty clearly becoming obsolete, hence why the IOC has struggled so mightily to get even one solid bidder.
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I think you'll hear a lot more "Good deal for Calgary. Local taxpayers put in x, other parties put in y, we get most of the benefit."
I don't think the difficulty in attracting bids is that competition is obsolete, it's that they let the games hosting get out of hand - hence Agenda 2020. It's still quite a bit of money, but I think the benefit - tangible and less tangible with the cost and risk spread across multiple parties will on balance be really worth it for the city.