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The athletics stadium is being converted to a soccer stadium with the track being removed. A Toronto bid is dead, imo.

No way Montreal hosts any Olympics in the near future. After what 1976 did to them....

`Lets see, perimeter security, security sweeps, guards almost everywhere, security infrastructure (scanners etc.), salaries etc.

2032 is definitely not happening, I think Toronto is focused on the 2030 Commonwealth Games. With Ontario having the largest debt of a sub-national entity in the western world, a bid for the Olympics is at least decades out.

https://www.fluidra.com/en/fluidra-awarded-contract-to-design-and-install-olympic-swimming-pool-at-2019-pan-american-games/

The Universiade people also approached Seoul/Pyongyang to host the games in 2021 (summer version)

https://engage.calgary.ca/2026Games?redirect=/2026games

So far on the Calgary 2026 engagement website, 67% of the vote on "Do you think Calgary should submit a bid for the Games?" is a resounding "strongly disagree"

The Ceremony producer will be Balich Worldwide. They produced Torino opening/closing Ccremonies, Sochi Closing (and Para opening/closing) and also contributed to Delhi 2010 opening.

There is an 81 year old from Malaysia competing in Bridge and a 9 year old skateboarder from Indonesia.

Via Totallympics 47 minutes ago, Nate River said: Has won it’s first two quotas for Tokyo 2020, both in Sailing: Tom Ramshaw won the quota for the Fin class and Sarah Douglas won the quota for the Laser Radial class.

Also with the new government in BC, I doubt there is any interest in bidding. (they killed Victoria's 2022 CWG bid)

It was re-purposed, but it can be returned back into the oval without it costing too much.

There are some rumblings FIFA wants a bigger stadium in Toronto for the 2026 World Cup, fwiw. Maybe that can be used as a springboard for the track and field stadium.