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If you're expecting the olympics to help a city who's in financial trouble, you may have the wrong idea about what they do economically...often it's a heavy economic burden. It nearly ruined Montreal.
The Hell with it then, keep it away from my city.
San Francisco can have it.
The US doesn't typically have the same financial hardship as host cities in other countries. We tend to use pre-existing facilities more and use almost all private money to pay for it...as opposed to other countries who use almost all public funds. It's about time the Olympics come back to the United States. DC would be a great location
If you're expecting the olympics to help a city who's in financial trouble, you may have the wrong idea about what they do economically...often it's a heavy economic burden. It nearly ruined Montreal.
Did it really do that much financial damage to Montreal?
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Voted DC for silly selfish reasons. It almost seems now that no one truly wants the burden of an Olympics in their backyard. DC could handle it, but not sure if we want it. I actually honestly feel SF might be the logical best option based on summer weather and that Bay Area topography cannot be matched. I guess SF is the most "Rio de Janeiro like" in terms of topography and the terrain of the 4 options if that's what the committee is looking for. LA has hosted twice already so please spare me.
Seriously. All the host city gets is 5 minutes of fame and a huge bill.
Although it's nice to be considered, I'm hoping they pass on Boston for this reason.
AND an incredible surge in population and popularity, it seems. Look at Atlanta, Salt Lake City and Vancouver (Canada, I know) for recent examples of cities that have boomed after hosting an Olympics.
If you're expecting the olympics to help a city who's in financial trouble, you may have the wrong idea about what they do economically...often it's a heavy economic burden. It nearly ruined Montreal.
Yep! It's actually quite insane - that's why picking a city that already has the infrastructure, arenas, etc is important. The problem with LA is their mass transit system basically - it's improving but there's no way in hell the Olympic committee nowadays would be OK with it. I remember them dinging Chicago because of the train system and they didn't think the capacity would be big enough even with expansions, which is much bigger than LA's and has a higher ridership still by a lot. It was still heavily scrutinized. Maybe in 2020 it would be better, but I think it would still be scrutinized. I don't think any of the NA cities wouldn't get dinged on that. All the cities are lacking on that and have bad traffic too,. Boston and DC are the best of the four in regards to transit options. LA is probably best for already having a number of venues built already, though all of them do have their fair share of venues to pick from too.
The people who voted for SF are clearly biased and wish the city harm. Dear IOC, please skip the U.S. and instead just continue to rape developing countries.
As much as I hate to admit that I agree with this....I agree with this. Not that we should let them rape developing countries (Russia, UK, Canada, China, and Italy aren't "developing"...)...but I simply don't think it is worth the expense. Too much seems to be put on creating a lavish show....which is nice...but ultimately unnecessary IMO. The venues don't need to be *nice* or new...just safe.
Seriously. All the host city gets is 5 minutes of fame and a huge bill.
Although it's nice to be considered, I'm hoping they pass on Boston for this reason.
Not the US. American Olympics are very commercialized (draw some criticism for this) but as a result they have been profitable in the last thirty years. The past three American Games were in the black (LA, ATL, SLC), and Chicago's losing bid six years ago was also planned to be profitable.
Certainly with the examples set by Athens, Beijing, London, Sochi, etc, that might no longer be likely but still possible. Just don't build useless stadiums or housing...make sure everything is temporary or can be repurposed.
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