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The Vancouver Winter Olympics cost Canada $6 billion. Colorado officials are contemplating a bid for the 2022 Games (David O. Williams photo).

2022 Colorado Olympic bid comes with slew of environmental, economic concerns

By | 08.29.11 | 9:46 am

With the rush of successfully hosting a major cycling event still fresh in the state’s collective consciousness, Colorado officials are starting to once again dream of Olympic glory.

Denver 2022 Winter Games: An insider’s guide to the Olympic debacle

By | 03.20.10 | 3:19 pm

Canada, which will eventually spend more than $6 billion for the recent Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, was the victim of a global golden fleece job.

Colorado resort owner Intrawest could lose Whistler ski area during Olympics

By | 01.20.10 | 4:55 pm

Perhaps the biggest event of next month’s Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, won’t be the downhill, or the women’s figure skating finals, or even a USA-Canada gold medal hockey game.

According to Canadian media reports, the biggest event…

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