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Old 02-20-2026, 01:43 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
Not just crazy expensive to host, but expensive to bid on with actually getting them being far from a guarantee. Calgary could have bid on them and we'd still be watching them in Milan. Some countries spend $50-100 million on the bid alone and get nothing. People talk like Calgary missed out by not bidding, but IMO it was putting a lot of money on a gamble with a less that 50% chance of being successful.
Not to mention, wasn't a new area NOT part of the potential bed? Or am I misremembering
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