🇨🇦 Canada · 2006 · 🏗️ Megaprojects
Built for a two-week party in 1976. Guess how long it took to pay off.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
C$1.5 billion Olympic facilities debt
Thirty years to pay for sixteen days. Even mortgages are jealous.
What actually happened
Quebec finished paying off about $1.5 billion of debt for the 1976 Olympic facilities in 2006, roughly three decades after the Games, mostly through a special tobacco tax. The figure covers the stadium, village and other venues.
Source: CBC News ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.