The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is in Calgary to meet with the city’s 2026 Olympic bid corporation (BidCo) and tour the 1988 legacy sites.
BidCo’s CEO Mary Moran was joined by the IOC’s Christophe Dubi and Hannah Burns in a media availability on Wednesday morning.
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Dubi spoke highly of Calgary’s Olympic legacy and expertise holding international sporting events.
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“I think here, you have it all,” the IOC’s Dubi said. “You have the expertise, you have the experience, you have the regular hostings and you have the venues.”
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He praised BidCo’s budget as being well detailed.
“You have a team that has been extremely detailed in the work and that gives you safety about the cost because the numbers they are putting right now are not made up.”
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As the Nov. 13 Olympic bid plebiscite approaches, city councillors like Evan Wooley are hoping the ever-narrowing field of bid competitors will put the city in a better bargaining position with the IOC.
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