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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper
I don't know how many facilities still exist in their Olympic form from the 2010 games. I remember some were converted to other use. What remains of them will be 20 to 25 years old; perfect time to refresh them. This makes sense as far as hosting games go.
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FWIW, when Calgary looked into bidding for 2026, 80% of the existing facilities were to be reused with some of the "unique" infrastructure to be reused from Vancouver (Ski Jumps - those in Calgary are OBE, so the Calgary bid would just reuse those from 2010).
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When the
referendum was held in
20192018, the updated material showed operating costs had ballooned to nearly $5B (compared with only $600M for infrastructure) due to nearly $2B in "security" costs. Seeing as these likely won't be decreasing going forward, it is possible that a 2030 would have over $6B in operating costs alone - even if there was no new infrastructure (skating oval is now a community centre - maybe they could use Calgary).
Given that the Olympics have truly jumped the shark, I think Canada should avoid all discussions about hosting any future game as they've now become just a place to burn money.
FTR, I was fully behind the Calgary bid and really wanted them to get 2026 ... until I saw the final report on cost estimates. FU IOC!