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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
The Daily Mail isn't a super reputable source, so here's an additional one from the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6453575.stm
Corroborates the story completely. 400% budget increase. If this were applied to Calgary, that would be in the "tens of billions" after all. |
But the cost breakdown doesn’t show anything necessarily being wasted. They initially budgeted low on whatever the necessities were for the games and then it got inflated when they started building other infrastructure. Now if the cost overruns were all into security or some intangible, I would agree that it was a waste.