Subj : Re: Olympics
To   : Nightfox
From : Warpslide
Date : Wed Feb 23 2022 14:15:56

On 23 Feb 2022, Nightfox said the following...

 Ni> Sometimes it seems like countries hosting the olympics is just them
 Ni> trying to put on a show to make themselves look good to the rest of the
 Ni> world when there are bad things going on there that we aren't hearing
 Ni> all the time,

Not to mention the costs involved in hosting the Olympics.  Making yourself look good to the rest of the world is expensive.  Montreal hosted the Olympics back in 1976, building a new stadium for a pricetag of $1.4B.  It wasn't paid off until November of 2006!

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Jay

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