The city could be readying another bid for a major sporting event.
During Monday night's meeting, city council will be asked to consider authorizing making a pitch to host the 2020 B.C. Summer Games.
"Prince George has proven it is a winter event city and has benefitted greatly from hosting on a national stage," said a report to council from community services director Rob Whitwham.
"The local sport associations associated with this have garnered considerable legacies in terms of facility upgrades, programs, exposure and volunteer and participant interest."
In 2008, council approved a seven-year priority for bidding on major multi-sport events including the 2012 BC Winter Games and 2015 Canada Winter Games, the 2014 B.C. Winter Games and the 2012 or 2014 B.C. Summer Games.
With the successful bid for the 2015 Games, looking to host the province's winter games is no longer necessary.
The city last hosted the Summer Games in 1990 and bid intakes for the 2020 or 2022 event is scheduled for next year.
"This timeline provides the community (volunteers, corporations, sponsors, etc.) with a chance to recover from the incredibly successful hosing of the 2015 Canada Winter Games," said Whitwham's report.
If city council supports making the bid, they are also being asked to support using up to $10,000 from the city's major events reserve fund for the design and printing of the bid package.
According to the staff report, B.C. Summer Games hosts receive $600,000 from the B.C. Games Society to stage the event, with the expectation that the host city would put up $45,000 in cash and $50,000 worth of in-kind support, like facility rentals.
A local host society or board typically raises an additional $50,000 in cash and another $350,000 to $750,000 of in-kind support from the private sector.
The B.C. Games Society measured economic activity for the 2008 Summer Games host city of Kelowna at more than $2.5 million and more than
$1.9 million in direct spending for the 2014 host city of Nanaimo.
According to the 2015 Canada Winter Games host society, February's event generated $83 million for the city and $123 million for the province as a whole.
