Yes, some have stadiums. None have all the housing and the public transport volume necessary. Los Angeles was successful because it built no new venues and funneled almost the entire budget into housing and public transportation which are useful investments in the long run. And lots of other cities could do the same, use existing stadiums to avoid the big-ticket budget killers. But nobody has the ability to host the Olympics turn-key where they can get the bid and just hang up some banners. Even the most prepared sites would still require substantial building projects to work.
Yes, you're right, I made it sound turn-key. I should have said that most of the major infrastructure is in place, i.e. the stadiums. The Olympic Village and dorms and stuff would probably still need to be built (but really, just reserve rooms at hotels because you have like 8 years notice )
Probably the influence of sports watchers complaining that they had to pay attention so consistently. Americans and their NFL. 15 seconds of movement. 60 seconds of replaying the 15 seconds. Repeat. No wonder sports coverage is garbage. That's why most Americans also can't handle sports like hockey. Short attention spans.yea the BBC was great, I had to VPN and blan blah blah to watch their feeds
the US coverage is trash, its literally the worst sports coverage I have ever seen
Probably the influence of sports watchers complaining that they had to pay attention so consistently. Americans and their NFL. 15 seconds of movement. 60 seconds of replaying the 15 seconds. Repeat. No wonder sports coverage is garbage. That's why most Americans also can't handle sports like hockey. Short attention spans.
Our coverage is usually pretty good. With modern Internet enough is streaming that you can usually see just about whatever you want as long as it isn't super obscure like synchronized slack lining.
lol now they're talking about postponing the Olympics. What a disaster this is going to be lol.
Really I think they should have two official Olympic venues (one for winter in a cold area and one for summer in a warm area) and just have it at the same place each year. It would take away the fun of other places getting to do it, but it's such a waste for the hosts to build all these facilities every couple years, often times they end up going unused due to some political BS or something and the city never actually regains the money. It's even worse when you're having it in a country that is practically 3rd world or even in some of the more oppressive 1st world countries, lot of corrupt stuff happens in the background that you don't hear about. I'd hate to see the conditions the workers have to work in. Even in Sochi there was lot of questionable stuff like the killing of stray dogs and people actually losing their houses and properties. They'd show up with a bulldozer and you had about 5 minutes to get your family out. Loosing your house for an event that lasts like 2 weeks, pretty sickening.
How so? Most courses have to be to a particular specification. Winter games vary, but they just need to change it up every four years. It's just a bunch of games anyway. An olympic medal and dollar will get you a cup of coffee.The issue with a permenant 3rd party one is it gives that one nation a huge advantage.
lol now they're talking about postponing the Olympics. What a disaster this is going to be lol.
Really I think they should have two official Olympic venues (one for winter in a cold area and one for summer in a warm area) and just have it at the same place each year. It would take away the fun of other places getting to do it, but it's such a waste for the hosts to build all these facilities every couple years, often times they end up going unused due to some political BS or something and the city never actually regains the money. It's even worse when you're having it in a country that is practically 3rd world or even in some of the more oppressive 1st world countries, lot of corrupt stuff happens in the background that you don't hear about. I'd hate to see the conditions the workers have to work in. Even in Sochi there was lot of questionable stuff like the killing of stray dogs and people actually losing their houses and properties. They'd show up with a bulldozer and you had about 5 minutes to get your family out. Loosing your house for an event that lasts like 2 weeks, pretty sickening.
lol now they're talking about postponing the Olympics. What a disaster this is going to be lol.
How so? Most courses have to be to a particular specification. Winter games vary, but they just need to change it up every four years. It's just a bunch of games anyway. An olympic medal and dollar will get you a cup of coffee.
How so? Most courses have to be to a particular specification. Winter games vary, but they just need to change it up every four years. It's just a bunch of games anyway. An olympic medal and dollar will get you a cup of coffee.
You got a link on that? not suprised they are thinking of postponing it.
The issue with a permenant 3rd party one is it gives that one nation a huge advantage.
comon..don't be a fucking idiot.
well for one advantage is not traveling, same time zone, "being home" etc.
Some guy wrote an article in the Harvard Public Health Review & (seems like)all the news outlets are jumping on that.You got a link on that? not suprised they are thinking of postponing it.
Games will go off without a hitch. But what about the future Zika babies? O_O
I guess I'm not surprised a lot of people have no clue what's already going on... because 'MURICUH! FOOK YAH!
For those of you saying it will go off without a hitch, do you realize that there have already been some serious sicknesses in the boating teams? That they are literally cramming their bodily orifices with Vaseline, and wearing waterproof drysuits to get out to the competition courses to attempt to mitigate the issues?
The saddest part is that this discussion has been going on for 6 months and the US population is JUST beginning to talk about. Because Hillary Canckles and Donald Drumpf!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tainted-water-rio-olympics_us_565eaddfe4b08e945fed65f7
And then you have shit like this starting to make waves...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sochi-olympics-postscript-–-the-whole-thing-was-a-fake-224125394.html
Russia allegedly pulled off a massive con job by doping half their athletes the entire time.
The only thing amusing in that entire article is that there is an Olympic administrator named "Dick Pound".
Won't be the first time Russia has been busted doping it's athletes.
Things i expect Every Summer olympics. Russia doping, China sending younger athletes (gymnastics) And some little country doing some sport for the first time.
not all of it is always true.
And then you have shit like this starting to make waves...
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sochi-olympics-postscript-–-the-whole-thing-was-a-fake-224125394.html
Russia allegedly pulled off a massive con job by doping half their athletes the entire time.
The only thing amusing in that entire article is that there is an Olympic administrator named "Dick Pound".
Russia has been doing this for a long time.
An interesting game :
If you want to become rich, after the Brazil Olympics, sales will highly likely skyrocket and so will the shares of these companies (if they have shares...)
Inovio Pharmaceuticals.
Bharat Biotech.
And more that i do not know about.
These companies are developing vaccins for zika.