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Originally Posted by nobles_point
What makes the Olympics even more attractive is that it also unites us as a City/Province/Country while providing attention to the rest of the world that we couldn’t purchase even if we wanted to.
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That seems like a reach. The Vancouver Olympics united us as a country? I don't think it really changed anything. And the impact it has to the outside world I'm skeptical on as well. Do you look at Pyeongchang or Sochi or Turin any differently?
The infrastructure argument sells me a bit. While I don't really care about any of it on a personal level beyond a new arena for the Flames, I do realize that facilities are important for a large city to have.
I do think the games as a whole are a massive scam though. The IOC rolls in with a rider crazier than any rock band in history, has no risk, takes a huge percentage of the profits. The fact that so few country's even want the games is telling. To me that is the part that should be debated. The city should be saying sure will host but under these conditions.