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Welcome to VV Brian!
Posted 04 November 2011 - 10:04 AM
There were more countries represented in Victoria than ever before, more athletes attending than ever before, and the budget was about $100 million more than Auckland's budget, but it was a minimalistic games. A mild letdown.Victoria 1994 was considered by many in the Commonwealth movement to be a version of a minimalistic games. Some considered them a mild letdown from the high memories of Auckland's games four years previously. Facilities were temporary and none more so than the large scaffolding built Stands that totally transformed the University of Victoria's Centennial Stadium. Still the games were successful and proved to many that smaller cities could manage hosting a large event such as a Commonwealth Games.
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Posted 05 November 2011 - 11:34 AM
Isn't it good the games didn't cost or ton or require the construction of facilities? If a large event can require very little public funding that's a good thing!
Posted 05 November 2011 - 01:47 PM
Posted 05 November 2011 - 03:12 PM
If you take out the infrastructure that would have been built anyway in Vancouver, the 2010 Olympics were not a money loser. The Canada Line and the Sea to Sky highway were both going to be built with or without the Olympics. The Sea to Sky upgrade was already about 10-20 years behind.
Posted 05 November 2011 - 06:54 PM
Two words ... Olympic Village
Posted 05 November 2011 - 09:48 PM
... I pulled targets for the shooting events, and that was like a 2 dollar an hour raise, almost made minimum wage!
Posted 06 November 2011 - 12:04 PM
Seriously!? So did I!
Posted 06 November 2011 - 03:38 PM
Yeah I was there, grew up nearby (Willis Point) so all three of my siblings worked at the range at one point or another, my sister and I being close in age both worked during the games. I remember they even set up a refreshment tent near the entrance to the range where we even got free pop or juice to go along with our raise....
Posted 06 November 2011 - 08:03 PM
Ah, one of the Willis Point crowd, eh? I'll bet we know each other or at least ran in the same circles. I spent many a day at Gino Cappuccino @ Broadmead Village - owned by another Willis Pointer, I might add!
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Posted 19 September 2013 - 05:31 PM
(all of that temporary seating made the stadium look legit)
Edited by aastra, 01 March 2018 - 10:06 AM.
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