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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
That includes for various reasons, including multiple cities delaying bids for future Olympic bids as well as repeat Olympic host cities applying again.
You are also implying that these cities withdrew for financial reasons, because ROI wasn't there. Dresden, for example, pulled out of the 2026 bidding process because a lack of Alpine Resorts would have forced them to use Czech venues, a similar problem with the Quebec City bid and a lack of available mountain for the downhill event.
Point is, not all cities withdraw simply because of bad economic optics - each has its own context for a multitude of reasons, and you cannot simplify it down to who actually submits a bid - that negates the greater pool of interested cities, some of which would be repeat hosting or have hosted other non-Olympic sporting events and wish to do so again.
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Do you seriously believe there isn't significantly less interesting in hosting the Olympics than their used to be? They didn't institute Agenda 2020 for ####s and giggles after all.