Olympic open house dates announced by City of Calgary

The City of Calgary has announced dates for public engagement around a potential bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

At least six public engagement sessions will be held between Oct. 16 and 24in all four quadrants of the city.

Those include:

• Oct 16, 5 8 p.m.Dalhousie Community Association, 5432DalhartRd N.W.
• Oct. 17, 5 8 p.m.Hotel Blackfoot, 5940 Blackfoot Trail S.E.
• Oct. 18, 5 8 p.m.CardelRec South, 333ShawvilleBlvd S.E. #100
• Oct 20, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.KillarneyGlengarryCommunity Association, 2828 28 Street S.W.
• Oct. 23, 5 8 p.m.The Genesis Centre, 7555FalconridgeBlvd N.E. #10
• Oct 24, 5 8 p.m.Marlborough Community Association, 636 Marlborough Way N.E.

The city says more open house sessions will be announced and an online public engagement platform will be launched Oct. 1.

Calgarianswill vote in a plebiscite on whether or not the city should host the 2026 Winter Olympics on Nov. 13 when polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Advance polls for the plebiscite will be held Nov. 6 and 7 from11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Bid Co. feedback

The public also got a chance Thursday to give feedback to members of the Bid Corporation during two sessions at city hall on the 2026 Draft Master Hosting Plan, which was earlier released online.

The two sessions were billed as "limited capacity" information sessions and on anEventbritepage invite asked participants to RSVP.

The draft plan was presented to council on Sept. 12 during a lengthy meeting.

According to the bid corporation, the Games will cost about $5.23 billion in 2018 dollars, $1 billion more than the Calgary Bid Exploration Committee estimated in June 2017.

How much the federal and provincial governments will chip in is still a question that Calgary 2026 president Mary Moran hopes will be answered next month, just before the planned plebiscite.

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