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Milano Games cost more than expected, preparations were in emergency mode throughout-Games CEO
- On Feb 3, Games CEO Andrea Varnier said the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics cost more than $1.7 billion, but organisers faced near-impossible deadlines and delivered most planned items.
- Deciding to build a new sliding centre, organisers chose this after facing opposition from the IOC during mid-preparations.
- With tight deadlines, organisers rush to finish venues, including Santagiulia tested only recently in January, Varnier said, 'This journey has proven to be even more arduous than initially imagined.'
- The organising committee said its finances had been extremely difficult, with $3.5 billion in public money and staging costs over $1.7 billion, hoping venues remain as legacies.
- Varnier reflected that organisers had to operate under emergency conditions and warned, `This journey has proven to be even more arduous than initially imagined, with challenges and difficulties, some expected and some unexpected and probably unnecessary,` Varnier told the IOC before the Games.
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