Following up - I saw a Pan Am billboard (and there were a few more earlier in the year but most were removed) that had Usain Bolt on it, but he ran at the London GP instead. Surely his plans were set some time ago, right? Isn't this blatant false advertising?
They're already blowing a billion to replace it with another elevated expressway (while every other city dismantles their elevated downtown freeways).The Gardiner Expressway?
Half ended up in Putin's pocket though.
The official city estimate before council first voted down submitting a bid last year was about $7 bil. Given the transit and other transportation needs that would have to be addressed along with an athletes village and stadium, $15b sounds about right.I heard $15 Billion being the estimate thrown thrown out there for a toronto olympics ... you kind of hope theyre giving a realistic estimate for a change because historically (since 1996 methinks) bid groups estimates are underestimated by at least 2 times
/I saw actual vancouver 2010 costs were 4.7 times greater than budget
If this is a dick measuring contest why not use that money to build the infrastructure the region needs to be more appealing to business? Being the most economically-friendly region in the country is a much better legacy than the fucking Olympics.
