2015 Winter Games Bid Open House Later Today
By 250 News
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 03:56 AM
Prince George, B.C. – The City of Prince George has submitted its detailed bid for the 2015 Canada Winter Games, it had to be in by May 28th.
This evening, there is a special Winter Games Open House set for the Civic Centre to share information with the public on the event.
The information session will provide information on how people can get involved, the importance of the games to Prince George, both through the economic spin off from hosting the games, and through the publicity the City will gain from the opportunity.
Prince George is in competition with Kamloops and Kelowna for the right to host the Games. For Prince George, hosting the games would be icing on the City’s 100th birthday which will be celebrated in 2015.
The bid is not cheap.
It has already required nearly half a million dollars in dedicated funding and will require millions more in infrastructure upgrades. There will also be significant financial input form the Federal and Provincial governments.
Games bid Co-Chairs, Mayor Dan Rogers and Les Waldie will be in attendance at the open house to make a presentation and answer questions. The open house is slated for 5-7:00 p.m. at the Civic Centre.
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Posted by: Loki on June 2 2010 2:59 PM
Has no one paid attention to the owlypic costs and returns?
The only winners with this will be the politicians, the contractors, and the security providers. The colloquial we the taxpayers will get the excessive budget over run bill.
To be clear,