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Old 11-15-2018, 06:59 AM   #1584
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Originally Posted by New Era View Post
The idea behind these big events is to develop infrastructure that will become a long term legacy, not recycle old garbage venues just to get a two week long party. Small town thinking in action.
That's a requirement of the IOC's new agenda. No new venues built for the Olympics except those that are already planned, required, and funded separately from the Olympics.

The Stockholm and Milan bids aren't any different. The Italian bid will reuse facilities from the 1956 Olympics. The Swedish bid will make use of the Olympic Stadium that was built for the 1912 Summer Games.
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