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^ thank you very much, but we discussed that article here in the forum years ago as well.


Something we want doesn't exactly mean it'll happen, because there are well defined rules and concepts that do not allow it.

The Olympic Games are a civic event held in one nation AND NOT TWO. It would never work between Seattle and Vancouver, which as I said before would be a security and logistical nightmare. Seattle also thought about bidding for the 2008 Olympics alone, but there was a public revolt about costs that the city council whimped out and canceled the bid.

As for the World Cup, it is a event held within a nation - not a civic event. If the folks at Tourism Vancouver didn't get that, they really don't know what they are doing. If Vancouver were to think about hosting the World Cup, it would be discussing it with other Canadian cities: Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Montreal, Halifax, etc. It WOULDN'T be discussing it with Seattle.

The Vancouver-Seattle region wouldn't be able to handle nine 40,000+ seat soccer facilities regardless.

Not to mention that FIFA Korea-Japan 2002 was a logistical and security nightmare. FIFA has made it quite clear that they will never be allowing a bi-nation host for the World Cup ever again.



If Seattle and Vancouver are interested in getting in bed together, they should think more along the lines of a World's Fair....perhaps with the two sites connected by a high-speed rail link.

Though personally, I'd highly prefer Vancouver go solo on a Summer Games bid in the 2050s.