[Northendzone]

I believe that the corruption started with juan antonio samarach and friends. countries got duped into believing that "the games can't lose money like a man can't have a child" and they go nuts. nobody can ever figure out how much everything really costs because the costs of things are buried, and once you commit to the games, there is no going back - you can't leave building half built.

lets not forget about how the price of almost everything will rise in this city leading up to the games as Olympic pricing takes hold.

personally, if the city thinks it has money for the games, then just skip the whole bid process (which costs millions just for that phase) and just build some new rinks and sliding centers, curling facilities, whatever. it will be far cheaper in the long run.