What U.S. city should bid on the 2024 Olympics and Why? (live in, estimate)
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Hopefully New York doesn't put in a bid. Sure it will be good for tourism dollars and what not, but man for the 4 weeks (1 week prior, 2 weeks of, 1 week after) it will be a total PITA to get around.
I'd say Seattle, Miami, Philadelphia/Baltimore/Washington should vouch together as 1 joint entity, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, LA/San Diego (another joint entity) all be good places.
I don't think they would ever consider Miami since it would take place right smack in the middle of Hurricane season. Miami does have the infrastructure to host the Olympics though.
Kind of a silly generalization that doesn't make a whole lot of sense given the hurricane seasons the past few years and their impacts on NY, NJ, CT and MA. Miami hasn't been affected since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, a whopping twenty one years ago. I would worry a bit more about the ramifications in NYC, Boston or DC/Baltimore Olympic bids given recent data.
I'll rebut the counter preemptively. Who cares if Los Angeles has already hosted? Obviously the IOS doesn't, see Athens, London and now Tokyo. If anything, the IOC has a demonstrated preference for returning to certain cities. What baffles me is Americans like to view ourselves as hyper-competitive. When WATCHING the Olympics, we want to win every possible medal, including those in sports we've never seen, much less played. But when it comes to the Big Prize, actually winning the stinking bid, our true selves are revealed: a bunch of fractured, self-interested, helicopter parents at their kids' AYSO game. "Its not your turn, Philadelphia has been waiting forever". "Detroit has had rough time in his new school, let him play." "Put in Tulsa, she deserves a chance."
This is not Major League Baseball, where the Houston Astros get an automatic player to represent at the All Star Game. Chicago and NY already swung and missed. There is only American city with a proven track record of winning and hosting an unqualified successful Olympics, and that city has the best chance to win the bid again on its own merits.
Hopefully New York doesn't put in a bid. Sure it will be good for tourism dollars and what not, but man for the 4 weeks (1 week prior, 2 weeks of, 1 week after) it will be a total PITA to get around.
I'd say Seattle, Miami, Philadelphia/Baltimore/Washington should vouch together as 1 joint entity, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, LA/San Diego (another joint entity) all be good places.
In bold, it will not happen. The IOC will not award cities that do joint bids. You either put in a bid yourself or you don't put in a bid at all. The USOC won't do it either.
From that article: "Los Angeles, which hosted the 1932 and 1984 Olympics, Philadelphia and Tulsa, Okla., have announced their interest. "
Tulsa? ROFL
Yeah, Tulsa wanted the 2020 Summer Olympics. That would have failed SO hard.
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