Posted AT 4:05 PM EDT on 03/02/06
Vancouver Olympic price tag jumps significantly
Vancouver — Increasing venue costs — often the curse of the modern Olympics — have hit the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
The committee responsible for organizing the Vancouver Olympics announced Friday that its venue construction costs have risen by 23 per cent to $580 million from $470 million.
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