leafsfan23

Yes. Here is why: 1) The IOC is shying away from huge builds. They want as much of the infrastructure existing as opposed to being built. If this were the old IOC, Toronto would have to build a new velodrome, but the one in Milton (even though smaller than normal, would be fine). 2) Through a venue plan I created on my end, only 2 venues (could be 1) needs to be built and stay after the games: The Olympic Stadium. This can be downsized and used for whatever purpose (Argos etc.) 3) An Athletes Village that can be used 100% for housing needs. Villages are built to be sold off for profit after games. Why not reimagine this to have use the village to house the city's neediest people? This would be another example of using the games to benefit the city 4) The IOC is providing Paris 2024 with $1.2 billion USD in cash to help with the cost of hosting the games. This is a third party that would be investing in our city. Only $100 million euros in public money is needed for a Paris Games. 5) The Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games were under budget. The headlines says "over" but that is incorrect. The province had to cover a $500 million shortfall since the feds cut part of their support. Still the games only cost Ontario an additional $342 million dollars, which means it was under budget.