San Francisco, L.A., Boston and Washington DC will bid for the 2024 Summer Games

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1995hoo

Quote from: Pete from Boston on December 29, 2014, 07:48:38 AM
Quote from: The Nature Boy on December 27, 2014, 04:26:24 PM
Wouldn't New England be a better spot for the WINTER games?

You could have events in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont and really spread things out a bit.

It would require quite a lot of travel time (before anyone gets any ideas, I-92 won't even get built for an Olympics), and make a centrally-located Olympic Village fairly important.

I am curious whether even Lake Placid ('32 and '80) would even be viable these days.  i don't see them ever putting in bids.

There was talk of Lake Placid and Montreal doing a joint bid if the IOC were to allow such, which of course is unlikely to happen. It'd certainly resolve the issue of the hockey arena in Lake Placid being way too small in terms of seating capacity, though it'd also require playing on NHL-sized ice as they did (controversially) in Vancouver in 2010.
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oscar

Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 08, 2015, 08:00:32 PM
Oy.  What a mess.

You can have it.  Far, far away from where I live now, or any place I'm likely to move to by 2024. 
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Pete from Boston

Quote from: oscar on January 08, 2015, 08:05:31 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 08, 2015, 08:00:32 PM
Oy.  What a mess.

You can have it.  Far, far away from where I live now, or any place I'm likely to move to by 2024. 

Well, it gives me a goal.  Either own a rentable unit by then or be far away.


triplemultiplex

So Boston is our tribute for these 'hunger games'?  Haven't they suffered enough?  :spin:

The IOC should chose McMurdo Station for the next host city.  All the construction and tourism will boost the economy and raise the profile of this small, Antarctic port.  The 24 hour daylight means you can have events going non-stop and get them all done faster, thus returning people to regularly scheduled programming sooner.  Its remoteness makes it safe from possible threats from radical douchebags with an ax to grind.  Sure there will be no use for their facilities when they're done, so some things won't change.  But who cares?  Think of the tradition and the spirit of competition and all that junk (brought to you by McDonald's and Coca-Cola!).
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Henry

Boston 2024? This should get interesting!

Of course, nothing is finalized, because there are still other cities around the globe that still want the Games, so we shouldn't be celebrating just yet.
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jeffandnicole

Quote from: Henry on January 09, 2015, 12:18:43 PM
Boston 2024? This should get interesting!

Of course, nothing is finalized, because there are still other cities around the globe that still want the Games, so we shouldn't be celebrating just yet.

All these cities are doing are competing to be the choice of the USA at this point.  Once we decide who we want, then that city will compete against the other cities throughout the world that want to host the Olympics.

1995hoo

Quote from: jeffandnicole on January 09, 2015, 12:22:07 PM
Quote from: Henry on January 09, 2015, 12:18:43 PM
Boston 2024? This should get interesting!

Of course, nothing is finalized, because there are still other cities around the globe that still want the Games, so we shouldn't be celebrating just yet.

All these cities are doing are competing to be the choice of the USA at this point.  Once we decide who we want, then that city will compete against the other cities throughout the world that want to host the Olympics.

That was his point: The USOC decided Boston will be the US bid city for 2024. Boston will now compete against other cities around the world, the identities of which have yet to be determined except the Italians have said Rome will bid.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

on_wisconsin

Someone should change the thread title to reflect the USOC's selection.
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Pete from Boston


Quote from: on_wisconsin on January 09, 2015, 01:48:38 PM
Someone should change the thread title to reflect the USOC's selection.

With the words "Oh crap!" appended, please.

roadman

Judging by the Internet blogs, and comments in the popular press, the majority of people in Boston don't want the games.  And, despite his comments about "not forcing this down the people's throats", Boston's Mayor Walsh, who is trying to sue the state to extort get mitigation money out of the proposed casino being built in an adjoining city, has indicated he would not support a ballot referendum on the issue.  In one word, hypocrite.
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NE2

Quote from: roadman on January 09, 2015, 06:00:45 PM
Judging by the Internet blogs, and comments in the popular press, the majority of people in Boston don't want the games.
Probably correct, but you can't go by that. Judging by news comments, the majority of people think Obama is a secret muslim marxist.
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roadman

Point taken.  But at least nobody has blamed the USOC selection of Boston's Olympic bid on Obama yet.
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Pete from Boston

I've talked to a lot of people about it here in idle conversation, and nobody I have talked to likes the idea.

1995hoo

Quote from: NE2 on January 09, 2015, 06:02:33 PM
Quote from: roadman on January 09, 2015, 06:00:45 PM
Judging by the Internet blogs, and comments in the popular press, the majority of people in Boston don't want the games.
Probably correct, but you can't go by that. Judging by news comments, the majority of people think Obama is a secret muslim marxist.

I didn't think most of them would include the word "secret" in that opinion.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Alps


golden eagle

Since the Olympics were started in Athens, Greece, why not let them be the permanent host for the summer games? Another city, like Moscow, Chicago or Toronto, can host the winter games.

english si

Quote from: golden eagle on January 13, 2015, 07:54:59 PMSince the Olympics were started in Athens, Greece, why not let them be the permanent host for the summer games?
Because Athens '04 was a pretty naff Games? The city only got it due to being Athens, rather than merit (though the bids weren't great that year - it didn't work on the centenary, after all).

Plus the ancient Olympics were started at Olympia - a long way from Athens.
The modern Olympics were started in Western Europe (a Frenchman visiting Shropshire being the thing that really got the ball rolling), even if the first Games were held in Athens.

And finally, and most obviously: what would the IOC do if the games were simply held in one place? No fancy cocktail parties, no bidders competing for your attention. They'd clearly never allow it!

Pete from Boston

Quote from: english si on January 13, 2015, 08:47:36 PM
Quote from: golden eagle on January 13, 2015, 07:54:59 PMSince the Olympics were started in Athens, Greece, why not let them be the permanent host for the summer games?
Because Athens '04 was a pretty naff Games? The city only got it due to being Athens, rather than merit (though the bids weren't great that year - it didn't work on the centenary, after all).

Plus the ancient Olympics were started at Olympia - a long way from Athens.
The modern Olympics were started in Western Europe (a Frenchman visiting Shropshire being the thing that really got the ball rolling), even if the first Games were held in Athens.

And finally, and most obviously: what would the IOC do if the games were simply held in one place? No fancy cocktail parties, no bidders competing for your attention. They'd clearly never allow it!

Someone would eventually come up with something else to shop around to gullible cities.  NBC would not stand for a routine event in a country even Europe doesn't want. 


PHLBOS

Quote from: Big John on January 08, 2015, 07:33:55 PM
Boston is the selected city to bid for the Olympics: http://www.boston.com/business/news/2015/01/08/yes-olympic-committee-chooses-boston-for-bid/1Q7DhrfxwggYa246LBeizH/story.html
Quote from: Henry on January 09, 2015, 12:18:43 PM
Boston 2024? This should get interesting!

Of course, nothing is finalized, because there are still other cities around the globe that still want the Games, so we shouldn't be celebrating just yet.
Agreed, it's not a done deal yet; the final decision still has to be made by the IOC.
QuoteThe IOC will decide on a 2024 host city in 2017. Other potential host cities for 2024 include Rome, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, and Istanbul. Melbourne, Australia, and other cities have also been said to be interested.

Quote from: roadman on January 09, 2015, 06:31:49 PMBut at least nobody has blamed the USOC selection of Boston's Olympic bid on Obama yet.
IIRC, he (Obama) didn't exactly do Chicago any favors by promoting it for the 2016 games a few years back only to see the IOC award the games to Rio.
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Desert Man

Tulsa, OK actually send a letter to the IOC they were interested in hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, but they didn't have a real planning board or committee. I guess it's now only Boston competing to host the 2024 Summer Olympics in the USA, and from my knowledge Munich, Bavaria, Germany wants the 2022 Winter Olympics: the same city hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics 50 years earlier. All I know is the next Summer Olympics (2016) is in Rio...Rio de Janiero, Brazil and 2018 in South Korea, although it would be interesting if it was held in Santiago, Chile...also in South America, would been the first winter Olympics in the southern hemisphere where the seasons are reverse.
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PHLBOS

Thread bump:

Boston's officially out of hosting the 2024 games.

http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Boston-Mayor-Walsh-to-Discuss-Olympics-318639381.html

QuoteBoston's bid to host the 2024 Olympics is over.

The city and the U.S. Olympic Committee severed ties after a board teleconference Monday, USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky told The Associated Press.

The Bay State taxpayers can breate a little bit easier now.

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