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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Well the question I would have for No voters is, what do we do with McMahon and other facilities now that the easiest path to fix these places has evaporated?
It would seem paradoxical that people voted No because they wanted more lavish and high-quality facilities (no Value Village Olympics) without having spiraling costs.
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Of course it does. People are usually hypocrites so not shocking is it? But how many times did you hear from a No voter that "We don't even get an arena for all that money!". People wanted something that they perceived as being "worth" hosting the Olympics. And unfortunately McMahon renos and a fieldhouse weren't that. I think if you asked the Yes people right now what is the one thing you'd do again, and finding a way to squeeze the arena in would be it. Might have made the difference.
But when it comes to Winsport and the other stuff used for athletes for training, it seems to me Sport Canada should be stepping up with funding there. They need athletes to train somewhere and Calgary is already the existing base. Makes more sense to me for them to kick in money for the facilities here than building new ones elsewhere. That is, unless, they don't think it's worth funding these things for whatever reason they deem.