2024 Olympics. Which US cities should bid? (Atlanta, life, people)
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The US isn't going to get the Olympics for a long time, but of any place to host it, I'd probably say Miami or San Francisco.
And why isn't the United States going to get it? We have more world class cities capable of holding the Olympics than any other country in the world. It's been 17 years since the Summer Olympics were last held in the United States.
And why isn't the United States going to get it? We have more world class cities capable of holding the Olympics than any other country in the world. It's been 17 years since the Summer Olympics were last held in the United States.
There are people (even in THIS country) who are still hung up on what happened in Atlanta....
And why isn't the United States going to get it? We have more world class cities capable of holding the Olympics than any other country in the world. It's been 17 years since the Summer Olympics were last held in the United States.
Because the IOC is ridiculously corrupt and is taking bribes for host cities (Sochi).
There are people (even in THIS country) who are still hung up on what happened in Atlanta....
There was also some issues involving bribery and the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
However, beyond those(and the fact that the IOC is very Eurocentric), part of the problem seems to be that it's harder to even figure out what city is our best candidate for a Summer Olympics. For most countries is relatively easy. Just put forth a bid with the largest primary city--or occasionally the second most primary city. China will put forth Beijing, Spain will put forth Barcelona(or Madrid), South Korea will put forth Seoul, the UK will put forth London, and so on... In fact every city that hosted the Summer Olympics in history has been either the primary city in the nation or occasionally the second or third most prominent and the country just gets behind that city. (Places like Melbourne, Barcelona, Montreal, Munich, and Rio--all sort of debatable as far as importance goes, but definintely at least the second most or third most important city in each country). The only real exception was Atlanta, but that was a bid that in some ways really was the exception that proves the rule.
In the US, of our top three cities in size(and arguably in importance)--the largest and most prominent city(NYC) had problems with a potential bid for 2012, and might not be interested in a bid for 2024. Chicago had a disapointing bid for 2012, and now says they're not interested. Los Angeles had two successful Olympics previously, so they could be a contender if interested, but that might work against them--the IOC might not want to give a city an third Summer Olympics(though it has been 40 years since the last one)--especially when somewhere like Paris is looking to hold a third games after 100 years.
So that leaves the US with the next tier of cities that could be possible contenders--places like San Francisco, Houston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Miami, or Boston. It's basically up to these cities to prove they have the desire, the infrastructure, and are willing to spend the money for anything else that the IOC is asking for. The question is that if one of these cities goes up against Paris or Toronto or Rome or Dubai, will the IOC look at these US contender and find them to not be at the level of international stature? It's not just about having the infrastructure, there's also the fact that at heart, the Olympics is basically a big tourist event for the world...
God help the participants if they hold it in the summer in Texas.
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