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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Ah. Still somewhat questionable. Having your city host the Olympics is massive for name recognition alone on a global level. I deal with lots of Americans who come here to ski or see the mountains already, hard to imagine it wouldn't help bump that slightly overall.
When I was travelling in the 90's the only reason many people had even heard of Calgary was the 88 Olympics. Hosting the Olympics is pretty massive for being recognized on a global scale. Not sure how anybody can deny that with a straight face.
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Name recognition is meaningless. Id imagine Sochi was pretty unknown before the Olympics but I doubt people are lining up to visit now. The internet makes the world a small place. If there is something to attract people here people likely know about it. Its not like you see Nakiskas man made snow on TV and just have to visit.