intoronto1125
Active Member
I love how the media is taking the $709 million for the Athlete's village out of proportion. I knew that the village was extra back in 2009 and the total would be $2.4 billion, yet the media doesn't.
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The Athletes Village has always been a separate budget and the figures were widely published. The media needs to do some basic research before repeating the opposition claims.
Some articles from 2009 that state a $1.4 billion budget for the games and $1 billion for the athletes village.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/canadian-athletes-give-thumbs-up-to-toronto-s-pan-am-win-1.779833
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/2121977-toronto-hamilton-wins-pan-am-games-bid/
It's politician math. Makes for good sound bites, but it doesn't actually have to add up
Rant/ This is going to be a fun couple of years. All of you wankers who thought we were exaggerating when we said that these big sports games are rackets to put your tax dollars in favoured pockets are just NOW waking up to reality? This will be ridiculously costly, with $$$ going to the well-connected and shameless. Transgender company heads is better than Deco Labels getting a sweet deal, or vice versa? Bull. There is NEVER anything transparent about contracts for this type of event, and to be outraged about this is to somehow blind yourself to the fact that the 4th Gen white male who gets a contract is greasing the same wheel in a different fashion. Faux outrage... whatever. /rant
The Athletes Village has always been a separate budget and the figures were widely published. The media needs to do some basic research before repeating the opposition claims.
Some articles from 2009 that state a $1.4 billion budget for the games and $1 billion for the athletes village.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/canadian-athletes-give-thumbs-up-to-toronto-s-pan-am-win-1.779833
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/2121977-toronto-hamilton-wins-pan-am-games-bid/
It's up now - 32 mins in
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fan5...930--Prime-Time-Sports---October-9---5-pm.mp3