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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 611250" data-attributes="member: 23950"><p>And I got to experince the Wintergames in 1988 in Calgary. One of the best times of my life.</p><p>Calgary Flames got a nice new hockey rink out of it (saddledome).</p><p>The Olympic Oval at the Univeristy, still very much used, as well as a training center for new Olympians and Speedskaters.</p><p>Same thing with the bob and luge runs here, and as attraction.</p><p>Ski jump, thats kinda nasty white elephant.</p><p>But again, used for training.</p><p> </p><p>And having those Olympics paid out big time.</p><p>Was also the most successful Olympics ever. They walked away with a few hundred million in surplus !</p><p>Back then Canada only got 3 medals total or something low like that.</p><p>Now, with all the training facitities, we could easily win it all.</p><p> </p><p>The Olympic Villiage (which was awesome - built on a hill), was sold as condos.</p><p>I hear Vancouver, those will be social housing.</p><p> </p><p>But, you did forget the high paying construction jobs !</p><p> </p><p>But, there can always be that major downfall, I believe Montreal is still paying for it's 1976 Summer games !</p><p>(back then not enough sponsors, money wasn't like it was just a few years back).</p><p>And getting high paying sponsors in this climate... maybe best Chicago didn't get them.</p><p> </p><p>And could you imagine the huge security costs alone ?</p><p>Besides, as odd as this may sound, but Brazil has more money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klein, post: 611250, member: 23950"] And I got to experince the Wintergames in 1988 in Calgary. One of the best times of my life. Calgary Flames got a nice new hockey rink out of it (saddledome). The Olympic Oval at the Univeristy, still very much used, as well as a training center for new Olympians and Speedskaters. Same thing with the bob and luge runs here, and as attraction. Ski jump, thats kinda nasty white elephant. But again, used for training. And having those Olympics paid out big time. Was also the most successful Olympics ever. They walked away with a few hundred million in surplus ! Back then Canada only got 3 medals total or something low like that. Now, with all the training facitities, we could easily win it all. The Olympic Villiage (which was awesome - built on a hill), was sold as condos. I hear Vancouver, those will be social housing. But, you did forget the high paying construction jobs ! But, there can always be that major downfall, I believe Montreal is still paying for it's 1976 Summer games ! (back then not enough sponsors, money wasn't like it was just a few years back). And getting high paying sponsors in this climate... maybe best Chicago didn't get them. And could you imagine the huge security costs alone ? Besides, as odd as this may sound, but Brazil has more money. [/QUOTE]
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