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Originally Posted by pblaauw
I'm sure no one cares, but the games start in 18 hours or so. Cue the nostalgia - and bitterness.
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Considering how most of these large events are marred locally by frantic construction schedules and missing/unfinished infrastructure when the event actually begins, I doubt we would have turned out any different staging this type of event. It would have been a hell of a tourist boon for the couple of weeks or so but probably would not have generated enough to cover the costs. Never mind what kind of black eye we would get for any infrastructure failures/delays.
Does anyone here really believe that the cost would have stayed at $2B by the time it was all said and done?