The citizens of Calgary have spoken, there will be no Olympic Games in 2026.
They should be proud of themselves. They chose fiscal responsibly over IOC glory, it was an emphatic FU to a corrupt and gluttonous outfit. The head of the Calgary Olympic committee said the process wasn't fair, she should have a doughnut and STFU. Every Olympic Games since LA 1984 has been deep in the red. The citizens of Vancouver are on the hook for over $ 6 billion, it would have helped if the IOC didn't take such a big skim of the revenues. The only other Olympic Games that almost broke even was Barcelona 1992, but they treated it as an infrastructure upgrade instead of a sporting event. Seoul is still paying for their Olympics, has Montreal come out of debt yet?
So let the IOC suck dictatorship cock - they're good at it.
They should be proud of themselves. They chose fiscal responsibly over IOC glory, it was an emphatic FU to a corrupt and gluttonous outfit. The head of the Calgary Olympic committee said the process wasn't fair, she should have a doughnut and STFU. Every Olympic Games since LA 1984 has been deep in the red. The citizens of Vancouver are on the hook for over $ 6 billion, it would have helped if the IOC didn't take such a big skim of the revenues. The only other Olympic Games that almost broke even was Barcelona 1992, but they treated it as an infrastructure upgrade instead of a sporting event. Seoul is still paying for their Olympics, has Montreal come out of debt yet?
So let the IOC suck dictatorship cock - they're good at it.