U.S.O.C. Asks Cities if they wan to host olympics in 2024.
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Brisbane is broke!
smokeandmirrors
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Go Philly!
The Awesomest
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Is that the girl in your avatar?
Please stay away from Cincinnati since this city always tries to get it. We're bankrupting ourselves on a stupid street-car system so I doubt having to build a million buildings would work out so well considering how they keep delaying the current projects and it's almost tripled in costs even as the city tried to lie to the state and federal governments on how much it would cost and what they need.
NYCmetsfan
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Orlando!
Other wise the city has pretty much everything else.
It was a candidate city for the US bid but didn't even get past that round. I think transportation is a big knock on it. It was also a joint bid with Tampa I think.
Other wise the city has pretty much everything else.
Fisticuffs
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do it in Vegas! nobody lives there anyway! right?
DiscoJer
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I guess they only asked us (St. Louis) because we hosted it once before. And the World's Fair at the same time, which was a bigger deal than the Olympics then.
Anyone remember that thing? I actually went to it in New Orleans. Pretty dead now though (and not much when I went). It would make sense to hold one at the same time/place as the Olympics, IMHO.
Anyone remember that thing? I actually went to it in New Orleans. Pretty dead now though (and not much when I went). It would make sense to hold one at the same time/place as the Olympics, IMHO.
wsoxfan1214
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Chicago?
Why, so you can fuck us over again?
Why, so you can fuck us over again?
No avatar is Chan Marshall and that is Carrie Brownstein from Portlandia. Although after I posted it I noticed it looked kind of like it.
Affeinvasion
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I would support a joint Houston/Dallas bid if it meant high speed rail between the two cities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics
I have a feeling Paris will get the 2024 Olympics, since it'll be 100 years since they last hosted, and they've tried so many times. Hopefully Toronto does a good enough job with the Pan Am games to win a 2024 bid. We came second to Beijing, so it's possible. For some reason it seems less likely to me that a U.S. city would get it, but I guess it depends on the bid.
I have a feeling Paris will get the 2024 Olympics, since it'll be 100 years since they last hosted, and they've tried so many times. Hopefully Toronto does a good enough job with the Pan Am games to win a 2024 bid. We came second to Beijing, so it's possible. For some reason it seems less likely to me that a U.S. city would get it, but I guess it depends on the bid.
BigJonsson
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Cities still want the Olympics?
It's a curse
Keep the Olympics out of Toronto, we should be able to invest in new infrastructure without the bloat that would come with the games
It's a curse
Keep the Olympics out of Toronto, we should be able to invest in new infrastructure without the bloat that would come with the games
I was living in the vancouver area for the 2010 olympics. I agree, they are amazing. A bunch of political crazyness though.
Haha. Could Portland even handle the Olympics anyway?
perfectchaos007
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I don't like the concept of one city hosting the olympics anymore. It would work so much better if an entire state was responsible for hosting. Whichever city hosted the track and field events would be the default "host city" with the torch, but other events would take place in cities all across the state. This would decrease a lot of the congestion that comes with one city hosting the games.
BobTheFork
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Please IOC, Denver didn't want you before, they don't want you now.
BertramCooper
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[middle finger]
Saying Columbus has no culture is a load of horseshit. I'll admit it lacks history compared to Cleveland and Cincy, but it has a vibrant arts scene and is extremely colorful and diverse.
But that's an unrelated discussion because the idea of any Ohio city getting the Olympics is absurd.
Helllllllll no. I don't want the Olympics bankrupting my city.
That will be over 20 years ago by the time this bid turned into a event. That's long enough.
NYCmetsfan
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This would be 28 years later....
I comes once every four years. In terms of Olympics, 28 years is "you only just had one".
There are a lot of countries in the world.
Having it at the US again so soon would be unfair and dull.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Who's got some money? Wanna host the Olympics.
IamMattFox
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There were three in the US between 1984 and 2002 (if you count winter).
Give it to New York for funsies.
IGotBillySoSpooked
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If one of these cities needs a new NFL stadium, it might not be a terrible idea. Build a fancy Olympic Stadium and use it as a football stadium after the Olympics.
Is there anything that says that these Olympic venues need to be new and constructed solely for the Olympics? Cities with large colleges and professional sports venues may be able to limit their construction costs to a few venues if they utilize local college and professional venues.
Is there anything that says that these Olympic venues need to be new and constructed solely for the Olympics? Cities with large colleges and professional sports venues may be able to limit their construction costs to a few venues if they utilize local college and professional venues.
IamMattFox
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I don't think so. Dallas was (is?) trying to host and was saying that it'd be a good choice since it has the Cowboys Stadium, Rangers Ballpark, Cotton Bowl, etc.
But I'm sure fancy new stadiums with crazy architecture are part of the allure when they're making their decision.
Exactly. Though I've only been through Detroit once, and it was when I was very young and don't remember it, the stuff I read and hear about it sounds like a nightmare. Even just an Olympic bid would be a very positive thing for that city. The one poster who posted those pictures of abandoned Detroit venues is the exact image that city needs to be doing all it can to get rid of. I think even just a bid would do wonders for that city.
perfectchaos007
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Yep, and I would argue the USA is way Overdue for an olympics. The US and EU should be hosting roughly the same amount of olympic games. Why?
EU Population: 500 million
US Population: 300 million
EU GDP: 17 trillion USD
US GDP: 15 trillion USD
See yeah I could agree with that. In Chicago's bid, they proposed having some of the events down around Kankakee, a few in Western Illinois, a few in the South Bend area, and a few up in Wisconsin. I thought that was a smart, sensible plan to help alleviate a lot of the congestion downtown would have had due to the events at the Olympic stadium and events in the immediate suburbs, any city that buds should take a page from that part of Chicago's bid.
GungHo
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There is no realistic chance that any of the Texas cities could develop an actual mass transit system for the games. Texas is in love with pushing the limited, toy trains as an answer, despite the fact thar they end up being a boondoggle at best and a menace to the old at worse. Houston and Dallas have the pavement, but their metro organizations are governments in and of themselves and they are quite content with skimming all of the new bonds and not doing things like creating safe bus stops, safe busses, safe bus drivers, or safe and convenient because they know that beyond the park and rides, their customers are taking the bus because they have to, not because they want to.
perfectchaos007
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Southwest Airlines routinely has flights for ~$49 when traveling between cities in Texas. I bet the state of Texas could strike up a deal with them to transport Olympic tourists for a very reasonable price just for the olympics. Also a fleet of greyhound busses that ran from Houston to Dallas to Austin to San Antonio could also be an option. We don't NEED highspeed trains to make this work
Battersea Power Station
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Would love to see Detroit get it. It would either save it or put it out of its misery.
Escape Goat
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A US/Mexico alliance. They can't lose!
freenudemacusers
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Choke on the Magic
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Boycotting the olympics until wrestling is back. 
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