2027 世界军人运动会成本受质疑：Charlotte 主办方预计 11 月向市政府申请出资
位于北卡罗来纳州梅克伦堡县的Charlotte市，位于 North Carolina 州的 Charlotte 将承办一项首次落户美国的国际赛事，其筹办成本与公共资金去向正引发质疑。北卡调查媒体 The Assembly 10 月 20 日披露，2027 年世界军人运动会（Military World Games）定于 2027 年 6 月 25 日至 7 月 4 日在 Charlotte 及南北卡多地举行，预计有来自约 140 个国家的上万名现役军人运动员参赛；主办方美国表现中心（U.S. Performance Center，USPC）联合创始人 Ike Belk 曾表示，总成本可能高达 8,000 万美元。
报道称，今年 8 月，州议会把 2,500 万美元拨款放进预算「技术修正」法案，未走重大活动基金的常规审查程序。州内审发现，该机构此前一笔 2,500 万美元州拨款中约四分之一被滥用，包括向自家营利公司付款、向党派慈善机构捐款五位数金额，以及替缴逾 1.3 万美元的国税局（IRS）滞纳金。
主办方预计 11 月将正式向 Charlotte 市提出申请，要求市政府出资数百万美元；在 8 月的市议会委员会会议上，已有议员追问 450 万美元市级出资的必要性。University of North Carolina at Charlotte 已被定为主要运动员村，约 76% 的 Charlotte 赛区活动将在校园内举行，州拨款中有 750 万美元指定用于预订该校场馆。批评者指出，主办方援引的 1.6 亿美元游客消费预估，是以其自家提供的数据为基础测算的。（GSM 据 The Assembly 报道整理）
Costs of 2027 Military World Games in Charlotte Draw Scrutiny Ahead of Expected City Funding Request
Charlotte is a city in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Charlotte, North Carolina, will host an international event coming to the United States for the first time, and its costs and use of public money are drawing scrutiny. The Assembly reported on October 20 that the 2027 Military World Games are scheduled for June 25 to July 4, 2027, in Charlotte and other locations in the Carolinas, with upward of 10,000 active-duty military athletes invited from about 140 countries. Ike Belk, co-founder of the organizing U.S. Performance Center (USPC), has said total costs could reach $80 million.
In August, state lawmakers placed a $25 million allocation for the games into a budget "technical corrections" bill, bypassing the usual review process of the major events fund. A state internal audit of a previous $25 million state award to the organization found that about one in four of those dollars were misspent, including payments to its own for-profit company, a five-figure donation to a partisan charity, and more than $13,000 in late fees paid to the IRS.
Organizers are expected in November to formally ask the City of Charlotte to contribute millions of dollars; at an August council committee meeting, a council member already questioned the need for a $4.5 million city contribution. UNC Charlotte is confirmed as the primary athlete village, with approximately 76% of Charlotte-based activities to take place on campus, and $7.5 million of the state allocation specified to reserve the university's facilities. Critics note that the $160 million visitor-spending estimate cited by organizers was built with data provided by the USPC itself. (GSM, based on The Assembly)
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