shootingstar Posted January 19, 2018 Share #1 Posted January 19, 2018 International Olympic Committee is in town this wk --- to make some beaten down Calgarians feel better to bid for Winter Olympics 2026. (Well, we weren't shortlisted for Amazon HQ2.) We will already have spent nearly $2 million just researching/assessing at our own eligibility. So first time IOC voluntarily paid their own travel expenses, hotel ...to prospective cities. lst time in history they are doing this yr. for potential. Pfffffft --that money is peanuts!! Makes them look good and beseeching, for the little children who have to be coaxed to empty their already-empty pockets with holes. It's just pathetic..our municipal budget is under uber pressure because there's a lot less property tax collected because of unoccupied commercial building space..millions of sq. ft., etc. Over 35,000 people unemployed ..or some left for jobs elsewhere in Canada. http://www.metronews.ca/sports/2018/01/17/whistler-role-in-potential-calgary-olympic-bid-would-be-welcome-ioc.html City staff estimated a bid price tag would be between $25 million and $30 million. The cost of holding the Games has been pegged at $4.6 billion, with revenues covering about half that. The 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., cost $7.7 billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted January 19, 2018 Share #2 Posted January 19, 2018 Don't sweat it - after the 'lympics next month the people's democratic republic of north Korea will be a (snow)shoe in to host the Games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted January 19, 2018 Share #3 Posted January 19, 2018 How come there's no Olympic sport that needs snowshoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #4 Posted January 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, pedalphile said: How come there's no Olympic sport that needs snowshoes? There should be. And dogsledding. Back to true winter sport roots! Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted January 19, 2018 Share #5 Posted January 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: There should be. And dogsledding. Back to true winter sport roots! Tom I cannot condone so-called sports featuring dumb animals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #6 Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, shootingstar said: International Olympic Committee is in town this wk --- to make some beaten down Calgarians feel better to bid for Winter Olympics 2026. (Well, we weren't shortlisted for Amazon HQ2.) We will already have spent nearly $2 million just researching/assessing at our own eligibility. So first time IOC voluntarily paid their own travel expenses, hotel ...to prospective cities. lst time in history they are doing this yr. for potential. Pfffffft --that money is peanuts!! Makes them look good and beseeching, for the little children who have to be coaxed to empty their already-empty pockets with holes. It's just pathetic..our municipal budget is under uber pressure because there's a lot less property tax collected because of unoccupied commercial building space..millions of sq. ft., etc. Over 35,000 people unemployed ..or some left for jobs elsewhere in Canada. http://www.metronews.ca/sports/2018/01/17/whistler-role-in-potential-calgary-olympic-bid-would-be-welcome-ioc.html City staff estimated a bid price tag would be between $25 million and $30 million. The cost of holding the Games has been pegged at $4.6 billion, with revenues covering about half that. The 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., cost $7.7 billion. I'd love another Winter Olympics at Vancouver/Whistler or in Colorado or in the snowy northeast US. But this nonsense of it costing BILLIONS to have an Olympics make NO SENSE. Especially for a Summer Olympics, the infrastructure already exists in almost all major US regions. California, mid-Atlantic, Florida, Texas, mid-west US, etc, all have a crapton of stadiums, a crapton of housing (university dorms???), and a crapton of airports. The US and big cities in CA or Europe ought to be able to do an Olympics for a profit - not a loss. But like the World Cup, the Olympics is a corrupt organization looking for bribes and handouts, so some real ugly situations occur. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #7 Posted January 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, pedalphile said: I cannot condone so-called sports featuring dumb animals. How about animal-sledding? You can bring whatever floats your boat - mules, horses, dogs, or - for you - cats(!) - and the best team wins. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted January 19, 2018 Share #8 Posted January 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: How about animal-sledding? You can bring whatever floats your boat - mules, horses, dogs, or - for you - cats(!) - and the best team wins. Tom Ridiculous. My cats hate the snows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #9 Posted January 19, 2018 19 minutes ago, pedalphile said: Ridiculous. My cats hate the snows. You need to upgrade your kitties! Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted January 19, 2018 Share #10 Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Razors Edge said: You need to upgrade your kitties! Tom That would be some upgrade, but those eyepeepers outdo even my baby blues, I couldn't stand the competition. What would be a possible Olympic sporting activity that would require the use of snowshoes? To fit the definition, it would have to be easier to perform wearing the snowshoes than without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #11 Posted January 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, pedalphile said: That would be some upgrade, but those eyepeepers outdo even my baby blues, I couldn't stand the competition. What would be a possible Olympic sporting activity that would require the use of snowshoes? To fit the definition, it would have to be easier to perform wearing the snowshoes than without them. A deep snow marathon? Something off-piste? Some of those ski trails can swallow you up! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted January 19, 2018 Share #12 Posted January 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: A deep snow marathon? Something off-piste? Some of those ski trails can swallow you up! Tom Hmmm, good, but too simples: maybe a snow & ice triathlon? Before the swim stage you have to 1st cut a hole in the ice through which to enter the water (no power tools allowed of course) the bike stage has to be all on hills and you mend your own flats . . . it seems no further fetched than dancing on ice, or 4 people at once trying to race on skis on the same track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted January 20, 2018 I wrote a little note my local councillor to keep on opposing against the Olympic bid because she does have the support of enough locals. Meanwhile a few, including maybe the mayor are heading off to South Korea to "observe" the Olympics next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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