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Originally Posted by esquire
Geography was not the issue. Vancouver backed out because of concerns over the open-ended nature of their liabilities associated with acting as a World Cup host. Same reason why Chicago and Minneapolis backed out in the US, and more broadly, it's the reason why more and more places are refusing to sign blank cheques for the IOC and FIFA.
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And unless I am mistaken, not everyone who needs to be on board for this to happen in Edmonton/Alberta is fully on board just yet.
Hence the talk about perhaps two Canadian cities as opposed to three.
At least that is my assumption.