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Olympic love.....cost 875 million

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by JC, Jan 10, 2009.

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  1. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    Why again do cities want the Olympics. Vancouver has never had tourism problems, but if we get a chance to see the 2 man luge, please let's sell our souls.

    http://tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=262574&lid=sublink03&lpos=headlines_main
     
    JC, Jan 10, 2009
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  2. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    ???
     
    bigpern23, Jan 10, 2009
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  3. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    Lost my link. Sorry.
     
    JC, Jan 10, 2009
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  4. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Damn, the price of rubbers is high these days.
     
    Football_Bat, Jan 10, 2009
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  5. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

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    So I gather the $875M is after all the money (sales taxes, TV contract, merchandising) comes in? I've already got my 2010 Olympics hat, and have spent a bit of coin north of the border.
    But I hear you, Vancouver doesn't "need" the Games to prove itself to be a world class city, Surrey and Richmond though...
     
    DanOregon, Jan 10, 2009
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  6. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Vancouver needs a bailout.

    How do you "lose" a link?
     
    poindexter, Jan 10, 2009
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  7. markvid

    markvid Guest

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Montreal still paying off debt from the 1976 Games?
     
    markvid, Jan 10, 2009
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  8. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    A lot of booze, link is now there
     
    JC, Jan 10, 2009
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  9. I Digress

    I Digress Guest

    I kind of expected this thread to be about sex, pregnancy and STDs.....
     
    I Digress, Jan 10, 2009
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  10. markvid

    markvid Guest

    Holy crap, it's ONLY THE AHTLETES VILLAGE?
     
    markvid, Jan 10, 2009
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  11. hockeybeat

    hockeybeat Guest

    The best interests of the taxpayers is using $875 million of their money for a two-and-a-half week extravaganza in 2010?
     
    hockeybeat, Jan 10, 2009
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  12. EE94

    EE94 Guest

    what a shock. Olympic host city spending more money than forecast
    never seen that before
     
    EE94, Jan 10, 2009
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