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Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty
I always find it so interesting how people can become so entrenched in their position over time.
If hosting was a guarantee benefit to our economy then this wouldn't even go to plebiscite and dozens (hundreds?) of cities would be bidding.
This thread seems to have turned to a bunch of people covering their ears screaming 'but I want more jobs for Calgarians!'.
We all do. 56% of the vote think the Olympics wouldn't do that. Or wouldn't be worth the cost.
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Well, nothing future based can be guaranteed. Its about taking risk, and clearly the "yes" side were ok proceeding with the level of risk inherent in the bid, and the no side wasn't. There are ways to mitigate project risk and improve/enhance the outcome...but that's pretty hard when you don't even have a project.