Tewder
Senior Member
I think all the IOC requires is that games cost is guaranteed by the national government....not necessarily that the actual budgeted funds come from them.
So if the deal in Canada between Toronto/Ontario/Canada is that Toronto find some/most/all of the money themselves....the IOC won't care/intervene as long as the games and its budget is guaranteed by Canada.
Yes, the IOC requires that all levels of government agree to and guarantee the bid (including budget), and in this case the report states that any bid would be made based on the majority of funding coming from upper levels of government. From the report http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ed/bgrd/backgroundfile-65721.pdf:
Key Assumptions:
► The host city is not a significant contributor of funds to any Games process. Rather, the host will contribute a fixed amount of cash and/or land for the building of venues or other sites used during the Games. The actual City contribution would be a matter of negotiation with the Provincial and Federal Governments. In the Illustrative Scenario above we have assumed that the City provides most of its contribution in the form of land. In any event, significant time will be required of City staff and related organizations should the Games go ahead;
► Theprovincialand/orfederalgovernmentistypicallythelargestsourceoffundsintermsofinfrastructureandsecurity spending. The actual quantum of Provincial and Federal funding will be dependent on a number of factors including the design of the venues, the security and transportation plans, the number of Pan Am 2015 venues which may be utilized and negotiation with the Federal/Provincial governments. The illustrative estimates above are based on reviews of past Games, EY’s experience in advising Olympic Committees, past reports on Olympic Games and 2020 Olympic games candidate plans;
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Again, if this were the case why would people in Toronto reject the bid (based on cost at least)?