Mountain Man
Senior Member
Can someone change the name of this thread? the 2016 part is triggering my OCD lol.
Another pertinent article from the CBC this time: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/nenshi-olympic-bid-korea-calgary-2026-winter-1.4531489
I appreciate the mayor's comments regarding the situation. Now whether the process of determining if the games are right for the city is done fairly and objectively is another question, it's nice to see that we aren't blindly going into this "full steam ahead" without regard for any ill-effects from the games. We'll see I suppose.
A YouTube creator I quite enjoy who makes videos about planning explored the idea of making Calgary one of six permanent continental host cities in his latest video here:
Crazy? Yup. Feasible? Not sure. Really interesting nonetheless.
I am not afraid of the Olympic cost whatsoever. Four billion? We're spending more than that on a damn highway with a 150-meter wide median. We'll be fine.
We already need a new field house, arena, stadium, the Green Line, centrally located affordable housing, and an airport rail connection. Retrofitting the other stuff and gaining global attention is just icing on top of the cheapest Olympic cake in decades.
Yeah you can also count me in as pro-Games. Not necessarily at absolutely any cost, but my hope is that they'd be well planned.
At a conversation with some friends a few weeks ago we were unanimous in our willingness to be volunteers as well.
I will hopefully be a planner for the city by then