What is gained and lost by defeat in Almaty to Beijing for the Olympic Games 2022 – Tengri News

Portal Vesti.kz analyzed the pros and cons of the Olympic Winter Games in Kazakhstan.

What would wait for us in the event of victory? Among the advantages are improvements urban infrastructure in Almaty and construction of new sports facilities.

Given the revenue that could be obtained thanks to the Olympics, the new urban infrastructure would cost Almaty 30 percent cheaper than those without the Olympics. In addition, the Olympics and the development of urban infrastructure entail the creation of new jobs. According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, conducting any kind of Olympic Games generates from 50 to 300 thousand jobs.

The great advantage would be that of Almaty, Astana and Kazakhstan have learned a lot more people. According to statistics for the Winter Olympics to three monitors billions of sports fans. Carrying the Olympics – a powerful image promotion. For the Olympics Kazakhstan was long and stop in any case it was impossible. The Western media, commenting on the application of Almaty, wrote that: “Before Almaty filed his application, the majority of the committee members of the IOC, were not even able to find this town on the map.” Now to find on the world map Almaty can find not only representatives of the IOC, but the majority of winter sports enthusiasts.

The third advantage is the development of winter sports in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan regardless participated only in the last six Olympic Winter Games, taking the grand total only seven medals, including a gold one.

Let’s talk about the possible consequences of the White Olympics 2022. The first major Minus – corruption.

1. High risk of corruption in the Olympics,

2. Considerable risk “economic knockdown” in Kazakhstan for three years before and after the Olympics,

3. Considerable risk that after the Olympic facilities will be empty, and the money for their upkeep will still be needed. For example, why do we need the Ice Palace for curling and two ice rinks (not including Medeo)? Will I be able to sell or to exploit two Olympic villages?

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July 31 in Kuala Lumpur, it was announced that the 2022 Olympics will be held in Beijing. Only three votes separated from Almaty victory for hosting the 2022 Olympics. 40-44 – thus divided voting member of the International Olympic Committee.