So Chris Isles says without citing any financial figures that the whitewater canoe venue which Brisbane does not need will ill make money or break even. Thank goodness he's not running city planning projects in my city or else he'd be voted out or fired. He also is complete wrong when he says the slalom canoe venues that failed were stand alone venues. Beijing and Rio were part of multi sport parks and still failed as did Athens. Los Angeles on the other hand has recognized that a new whitewater course on the west coast is a questionable investment and id now looking at an existing course in OKC. Sydney's not that far and would be a far more cost to effective option for Brisbane. The 9nly way building a second whitewater course in Brisbane makes sense is if there are plans to close the one in Sydney and make the new one a national training center. But hey, it's there money.