TOareaFan
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Apologies, perhaps not very pc to use 'developing nations'- it was a flippant posting ...perhaps it was a friday. I was really just disputing the 'global' appeal or scope of these games which has been suggested. I do see their benefits and I hope they do well. For the record I do NOT seriously want a NASCAR track on the waterfront either.
I think, by definition, they do not have a global appeal. After all, the name gives a pretty good hint that they are a regional event (albeit, a very large region). I think the fact that they are so huge in South and Latin America bodes very well for the sort of impact they will have here. They happen in summer here, which is winter in South America and I can see a large number of Brazilians and Argentinians making plans to vaction in the Toronto area and take in a sporting event that matters to them.
Our ties to South America are growing and this can only help!