Security costs but a hurt on Winter Olympics profit margin

Courtesy Topix - Sports News  Tue, 01/26/2010 - 11:16

Sometimes we tend to forget that we live in a post 9-11 world. Sometimes we tend to forget the lessons of the 1972 Summer Game in Munich, Germany.

Sometimes we forget that additional security means additional costs, especially for high profile sporting events like the upcoming games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


 

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