On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:58 PM, denstar wrote: >> I like that attitude: "we may be in debt, but it's worth it". > > No - actually more like we aren't in debt at all. As I said in my > email I wasn't aware of any debt, and I investigated a little further > and it looks like there isn't any debt. The games in Atlanta broke > even. > > http://tinyurl.com/yjpr3t8
Cool, here's another: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-olympics-atlanta-21-sep21,0,2542212.story It's got popups and crap. bleh. Title is: "Olympics' impact on Atlanta still subject to debate". Tho it doesn't seem like it's subject to much debate. I few local retailers sued after going bankrupt due to the fees for selling their wares on the street. A few people wanted "more". Seems to me Atlanta got a pretty sweet deal out of it. But my point was, while you weren't aware of any debt, you felt if there were, it was worth it. It seemed. Maybe I misinterpreted. I feel the same way about some things. I wonder, who pays for this stuff? Seems like in 1996 the "host country" (taxes?) paid for about a 3rd of the stuff, along with sponsors and donations (besides 1.5 Mil Atlanta paid for some celebrations?)... 1.8Bil total. not a bad deal. Next games should be in 'Burque. No-- Santa Fe-- I actually kinda like 'burque how it is. A lovely mix of backwards and forwards. Heh. > I dunno - I think we made out pretty good. And I dunno if you have > ever lived in a city during the Olympic Games, but it's definitely an > experience of a lifetime . Not lived. Was visiting Los Angeles for one. Crazyness. Fun time by all. Boycotted by Russia and whatnot, but most profitable one ever, it seems. Disneyland rocked. -- He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed. Pierre Teilhard de Char ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305040 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
