Hosting a summer Olympic games

[micheal_can]

And on the other hand, big sporting events are useful in just forcing our bureaucratic states to get things done (unfortunately).

Pam Am was undoubtedly a net boon for our city in terms of the infrastructure left behind.

Which is why although the money could be spent elsewhere, it doesn't get spent elsewhere. Vancouver could use another Olympics so that it can build more housing, or it could just build that same housing, Same for the GTA. It could either just build the housing,or it could host an Olympics, and still build the housing. Same for transit....