Olympic Games Final Four Cities (2009, public transportation, best)

[WildWestDude]

Originally Posted by Ramo Nash

It would be nuts to give it back to the states after the games happened in atlanta in '96. I'd say Rio or Madrid.

20 years is not the shortest time

As mentioned, in Rio kidnapping is a sport
It likely wont go back to Europe after the 2012 games in London.
Also likely not to go back to east Asia after Beijing.
That leaves Chicago and Rio.
Chicago will win it. The crime and infrastucture of Rio is a big negative.

[brikag]

Originally Posted by WildWestDude

20 years is not the shortest time

As mentioned, in Rio kidnapping is a sport
It likely wont go back to Europe after the 2012 games in London.
Also likely not to go back to east Asia after Beijing.
That leaves Chicago and Rio.
Chicago will win it. The crime and infrastucture of Rio is a big negative.

That's not true about Europe....2004 Athens than 2012 London...I'm sorry but that's wrong. During the 2012 race Paris was the strong contender but lost to London. The IOC doesn't even look at which continent hosted what. They look at the best city to represent the Games!!!!

Tokyo has the strongest chance b/c it hosted the summer Olympics in 1964. The IOC looks at that experience very favorably! So having the games in Asia 8 years after isn't a far fetch idea! Rio may have hosted the Pan Am games in 2007, and is a very strong contender to the Bid. But when the cards lay down, Tokyo will walk away victorious.

It was 12 years between the LA and Atlanta games!

[WildWestDude]

Originally Posted by brikag

That's not true about Europe....2004 Athens than 2012 London...I'm sorry but that's wrong. During the 2012 race Paris was the strong contender but lost to London. The IOC doesn't even look at which continent hosted what. They look at the best city to represent the Games!!!!

Tokyo has the strongest chance b/c it hosted the summer Olympics in 1964. The IOC looks at that experience very favorably! So having the games in Asia 8 years after isn't a far fetch idea! Rio may have hosted the Pan Am games in 2007, and is a very strong contender to the Bid. But when the cards lay down, Tokyo will walk away victorious.

It was 12 years between the LA and Atlanta games!

I don't believe that there have been back to back cities that are on the same continent or very close to each other recently at least for the summer games.
Even 8 years is not that common.
Lot of things can change since 1964


1896 - Athens, Greece
1900 - Paris, France
1904 - St. Louis, United States
1908 - London, United Kingdom
1912 - Stockholm, Sweden
1920 - Antwerp, Belgium*
1924 - Paris, France
1928 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
1932 - Los Angeles, United States
1936 - Berlin, Germany
1948 - London, United Kingdom*
1952 - Helsinki, Finland
1956 - Melbourne, Australia
1960 - Rome, Italy
1964 - Tokyo, Japan
1968 - Mexico City, Mexico
1972 - Munich, West Germany (now Germany)
1976 - Montreal, Canada
1980 - Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia)
1984 - Los Angeles, United States
1988 - Seoul, South Korea
1992 - Barcelona, Spain
1996 - Atlanta, United States
2000 - Sydney, Australia
2004 - Athens, Greece
2008 - Beijing, China
2012 - London, United Kingdom
Winter Olympic Games Sites

1924 - Chamonix, France
1928 - St. Moritz, Switzerland
1932 - Lake Placid, N.Y., United States
1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1948 - St. Moritz, Switzerland*
1952 - Oslo, Norway
1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1960 - Squaw Valley, California, United States
1964 - Innsbruck, Austria
1968 - Grenoble, France
1972 - Sapporo, Japan
1976 - Innsbruck, Austria
1980 - Lake Placid, New York, United States
1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1988 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1992 - Albertville, France**
1994 - Lillehammer, Norway**
1998 - Nagano, Japan
2002 - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
2006 - Torino (Turin), Italy
2010 - Vancouver, Canada
2014 - Sochi, Russia


* Due to World War I and II, Summer Olympic Games were not held in 1916, 1940, and 1944. Due to World War II, Winter Olympic Games were not held in 1940 and 1944. ** The 1992 and 1994 Winter Games are two years apart due to the transition of the Winter Games to alternating even-numbered years with regard to the Summer Games.

[WildWestDude]

Seems like the cost to host the Olympics keeps going up and up.
Wonder if at one point if the expenses will not be worth it?
Could that happen in 2016?

[mimimomx3]

Originally Posted by Spade

That's a shoe in to be the host. But a European city will host it in 2012 so that basically knocks Madrid out. An Asian city is hosting it now so Tokyo itself will be out in 2016. The 2016 games will come down to Chicago and Rio. My heart says Chicago. My head says Rio. I think they really want Rio. The only problem I see for that city is maybe crime. If crime is promised to be deterred, I think they win the 2016 games.

Crime a problem in Rio or Chicago?

[Acajack]

Although the IOC will be making its decision for 2016 next year in 2009, I think they will be keeping a keen eye on the lead-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup of Soccer in South Africa.

International organizations such as FIFA and the IOC are increasingly sensitive to the fact that certain areas of the world (e.g., Africa for the World Cup, South America and Africa for the Olympics) have historically been excluded from the “big shows”.

As FIFA’s decision to go to South Africa shows, given the right circumstances, these organizations might sometimes be willing to take a “leap of faith”. South Africa, like Rio de Janeiro, has a significant crime problem (perhaps a more severe one, actually), yet FIFA still gave them the 2010 World Cup.

On the other hand, Brazil’s Olympic bid might be hampered by the fact that the country is already hosting the World Cup in 2014.

[Interpol76]

Definately not Chicago. The summer games were just in Atlanta in 96 and Salt lake had the 02 winter games. The world doesn't revolve around the United States. I can't see Rio either because the World cup will probobly be taking place there in 2014.

[brikag]

Originally Posted by Interpol76

Definately not Chicago. The summer games were just in Atlanta in 96 and Salt lake had the 02 winter games. The world doesn't revolve around the United States. I can't see Rio either because the World cup will probobly be taking place there in 2014.

That's true about how the Olympics doesn't revolve around the US. But it wouldn't be far fetched. LA was in 1984 and ATL was in 1996, twelve years difference. And unfortunately Chicago will not win the Bid for 2016, too weak. I think a good time for the US to bid is 2020. They won't go for 2024 b/c Paris is running. It would be their 100th Anni., and they'll do anything to get that bid! And there are only two cities in the US that can hold such an event by 2020.

[S6Sputnik]

I agree with SPADE ..I think RIO for the same reasons!

[Highpointer]

I would like to see the 2016 Olympics go to Rio de Janeiro. The Olympics have never been held in South America before, and Rio is a far more scenic city than Chicago. It is not a long flight from the mainland USA to Rio.