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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby
Not to mention, wasn't a new area NOT part of the potential bed? Or am I misremembering
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I don't recall 100%, but I thought it included a cheaper less frilly stripped down arena. The total cost for everything to host would have been an estimated $5-6 billion.
A new state of the art arena and events center at ~20% the cost is a better investment than hosting the Olympics IMO. I get some of the concern over using public money to assist billionaire owners for an arena, but at least the new arena will have more utility for a larger number of citizens than a one-time Olympics with left over equipment most people will never use.