Or Calgary could take a leaf out of BC's playbook and offload costs to other entities, so it looks as if the books are  balanced.

The $178 million dollar cost  for the Olympic speedskating oval was borne by the city of Richmond, who in turn hid additional costs such as road re-alignment, associated art, and staffing into other city budgets.  

And the costs keep going on for Richmond, including several retro-fits, building an Olympic museum, and annual operating losses. Anticipated sponsorship money, and branding rights,  never did materialize.  In fact the City had to build it's own cafe/restaurant in the complex (which is now a quasi community centre/sporting venue) because it could not find a lessee willing to spend the money.

These are things Calgarians will never know, until after the fact.