FILE--A member of the RCMP Musical Ride pose in front of the Olympic cauldron at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Tuesday Feb.23, 2010. A preliminary report estimates that hosting the 2010 Olympics cost Vancouver over a half a billion dollars.The report will be presented to city council next week and suggests the lion's share of the costs went to venues and local infrastructure improvements. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld