Desolated building of theatre 7 a půl at Koliště st.
Town council decided not to become a candidate city for the European capital of culture 2015, because organising the event would request an investment possibly bigger than CZK 1,000,000,000 (€38m). No matter that the politicians supporting the event claimed the investment would finally return, as it was in the cases of former European capitals of culture.
Source: iDnes.cz.
However, Brno will host the 2010 Basketball World Championship of Women, although the town failed in building a new hall and it has no hall big enough at this time, which leads to new expensions and potentially to an international shame. This is what you get when you elect rednecks to a town council.
