Let's see where this goes, everyone....
City weighs bid for 2022 Games
Edmonton expertise would be advantage in nabbing Commonwealth Games, civic official says
Gordon Kent
Edmonton Journal
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Edmonton could move to the centre of the international sporting world once again as it considers bidding for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
"I don't know anything about the process or the financials or the timelines, but we'll certainly have a look at it," Candice Stasynec, external executive director of the city's intergovernmental affairs branch, said Monday.
"These opportunities are so few and far between that you can't not look at it. Over 30-plus years, we have a history. We have a bit of expertise in multi-sport events which not all cities do."...
gkent@edmontonjournal.com
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