If Prince George wants to up its chances to host the B.C. Summer Games, it needs to put its name in for a second time.
City staff are recommending council approve a bid for the 2022 event, after it already approved an application for the 2020 sporting competition.
"Administration is confident that with a strong bid, Prince George stands a good chance of being awarded a B.C. Games in either 2020 or 2022," said Rob Whitwham, general manager of community services, in his report prepared for Monday's city council meeting.
Entering a second bid for 2022 would "increase our community's chances of being awarded one of the events," he said.
That recommendation comes after a discussion with Kelly Mann, BC Games Society president.
The city last hosted the Summer Games in 1990.
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.
City council will vote Monday to approve the bid for the Games, which is due Sept. 10, 2016.
-- with files from Charelle Evelyn
