On 7/6/05, Malcolm Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> Will it be like > Canada, having the residents of the host city paying for decades after? <snip>
I think that the rest of the world learned from Montreal '76. I doubt that debacle will ever be repeated. In fact, IIRC, the Olympic Commitee now makes sure that a proper funding plan will be in place for each bid, to avoid such problems. I should also say that the LA games (were they 84?) brought in commercial sponsorship in a big way for the first time, so that corporations, not governments alone, can put up the big big bucks needed to run the Games. Congrats to London, BTW. It'll be a hell of a party! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
