GBModerator Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Reporting form Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – Italy’s Secretary of Sport said Monday that the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games bid won’t need to face a challenging public referendum, even as the national government has agreed to guarantee security costs for the mega-event. “I believe that people in the region strongly back this bid, […] The post Italian Sport Secretary Says Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Bid “Doesn’t Need A Referendum” As Momentum Builds appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Wow, those numbers are high (considering how these things have been going these days). If the newer poll this weekend still reflect those same figures, then it should be a no-brainer for the IOC (regardless of what they would rather “prefer”). Plus, it seems that the E.V. to Milan is more on the radar than it was in Stockholm, with a dinner reception scheduled for Friday. It seems like (northen) Italian officials are really starting to warm up to the idea, unlike it’s rival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainboarder_530@yahoo. Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 This thing is increasingly likely to go to Italy it looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 What is particularly baffling about this is we've seen very little coming out of Italy in terms of public support. Frankly, a poll commissioned by the IOC that has 80 plus percent is a bit of head scratcher. What's even more surprising is the government this thing after they practically declared a bid dead after Torino backed out. I also believe that the numbers the the bid organizers are pitching are grossly underestimated (I also think there's no way the government is going to pay just $456 million for security). The whole reason for including Torino was the existing venues. Without Torino, Milan needs two ice hockey areas and a speed skating arena. Does anyone really think those are going to come in at the budget being proposed not to mention the inevitable white-elephant possibility. Just look what has happened with Pyeongchang (their sliding track has been mothballed, several of the ice arenas may actually be demolished due to rising maintenance costs). After 2018 and 2022 the IOC needs a bid that is cost effective. A Milan Olympics that goes way over budget with white elephants might be a death knell for the WOGs in terms of Western Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainboarder_530@yahoo. Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 Very possible. Be that as it may, unless Stockholm continues its unlikely surge, i think thats what we are going to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 While all of that is easy to say, the reality is, though, that the IOC really doesn’t have a whole bunch of options here that we can say are truly “cost-effective”, let alone bids from coutries that would actually want to host. Sweden is still dragging it’s feet, & up until this week, Italy wasn’t looking too good either. The only other option then would’ve been SLC, which would fall in the true cost-effective category. But now that the Italian gov’t is stepping up to the plate, there’s not much the IOC can do other than thank their lucky stars that the Italian bid is now doing an about-face in their favor. Perhaps maybe later, once/if Milan is given the Games, Turin could still be included somehow. Winning bids are always tweaked from award day to Game day anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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