New England, the real Patriots are in LA - 88% of Angelenos want LA to host the Olympics

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Hire a copy editor next time.

I think I'll stay away from the NE vs. LA debate but will point out that Alan Abrahamson has a good article on LA's big support for the games.

http://www.3wiresports.com/2016/02/23/poll-88-percent-88-percent-support-for-la-2024/

It definitely helps that 97% of the venues already are built. All they need to build is a canoe slalom course.

[quote]not from Boston wrote:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2016/02/23/los-angeles-poll-shows-strong-support-olympic-bid/80827090/

As someone who isn't from the Northeast, my entire life I've just been tired of hearing about how great the northeast and New England are in particular. Those people act like they invented patriotism.

Seriously, everybody knows that that whole Revolutionary War thing was made up.

USC hosted the 1932 Summer Olys and 1984 Summer Olys. In 1984 Mayor Bradley, a UCLA track athlete, copied the L.A. Rams\' Super Bowl model, and created the first profitable, saleable, world wide live broadcast sports extravaganza, paid for by sponsors, television, and foreign licensees. LA2024 is next if the bid is accepted by the IOC.

USC T&F 47 Oly Gold Medals wrote:

USC hosted the 1932 Summer Olys and 1984 Summer Olys. In 1984 Mayor Bradley, a UCLA track athlete, copied the L.A. Rams' Super Bowl model, and created the first profitable, saleable, world wide live broadcast sports extravaganza, paid for by sponsors, television, and foreign licensees. LA2024 is next if the bid is accepted by the IOC.

Peter Ueberroth says hello.

So Boston is milking everything by refusing to pay for the Olympics and allowing Marky Mark back into town to shoot a movie?

USC T&F 47 Oly Gold Medals wrote:

USC hosted the 1932 Summer Olys and 1984 Summer Olys. In 1984 Mayor Bradley, a UCLA track athlete, copied the L.A. Rams' Super Bowl model, and created the first profitable, saleable, world wide live broadcast sports extravaganza, paid for by sponsors, television, and foreign licensees. LA2024 is next if the bid is accepted by the IOC.

I went to the 84 Olympics museum back in grade school which celebrates Tom Bradley's miracle. Cool. Highly recomended.

We all know people from L.A. never leave L.A.. That said, if you had ever visited Boston, you would know that it would be a nightmare to hold the Olympics there, logistically. It was a bad idea for the IOC to even consider it. Bostonians have common sense, which is more than can be said for Hollyweird over there. We all saved the Olympics from disaster, so you are welcome.

I'm all for holding the Olympics in L.A., don't get me wrong. Hopefully the marathoners aren't running in worse smog than Beijing this time around...

I'm from Boston and I completely agree with you.

not from Boston wrote:

Guess which one a feature film is being made about?

Boston. The Oklahoma City people just sucked it up and went about their lives, instead of bragging about how patriotic their response was.

Wait a sec. Didn't people in a certain section of LA decide to make the film about Boston? You're trying to pin that on us?

I WILL FIGHT YOU BRO!!

NEW ENGLAND IS THE SUPREME REGION OF THE UNITED STATES!!! ANYONE WHO THINkS OTHERWISE IS A USELESS PIECE OF SH*T WHO LITERALLY PREFERS TO LIVE IN A WASTELAND OF UNCOOLNESS

that being said, I live in Vermont, f*ck the rest of New England, you Mass-holes are the goddamn worse, stay the f*ck away from my beautiful ski resorts.

not from Boston wrote:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2016/02/23/los-angeles-poll-shows-strong-support-olympic-bid/80827090/

As someone who isn't from the Northeast, my entire life I've just been tired of hearing about how great the northeast and New England are in particular. Those people act like they invented patriotism.

In reality, when push came to shove, the punted and said, "Please don't make us host the Olympics."

Contrast that to LA, they people are clamoring for it.

The myth of how great the NE is propagated from people who are either too lazy to have moved away from there or had so much family money they didn't want to.

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Wow.. stir the pot dude; someone spike your latte cappuccino with meth?

In fact, Boston did invent "patriotism" in this country throwing off the yoke of our British oppressors in something called the American Revolution. I doubt you heard anything about that at Compton H.S.

see:

I've dispatched Mark Wahlberg to your house to teach you American history, much like Mr. Hand did to Jeff Spicoli (I see you as his double.)

But frankly, Boston (often referred to as the Athens of America) doesn't have the infrastructure to host the Olys despite being home to the world's greatest colleges and universities.

Your point seemed semi-reasonable until you got to the bombing part. Comparing victims like that because of a movie deal lost my respect for you. Both locations were victimized. Blaming the victim is an uncool trait. Really, honestly, shame on you.

I see no link between patriotism and agreeing to host the Olympics. Please explain.

kiowavt wrote:

Your point seemed semi-reasonable until you got to the bombing part. Comparing victims like that because of a movie deal lost my respect for you. Both locations were victimized. Blaming the victim is an uncool trait. Really, honestly, shame on you.

Agreed.

The mayor of L.A. is a joke. He, and all his VIP friends with money that want to bring the Olympics to L.A. don't care about the athlete at all. A perfect example is the way the OT B qualifiers were treated, and the amount of food, water and overall products given to the OT runners. No t-shirts. Kicked out of VIP tent at finish line, that had A/C, food and chairs. Told to move on after the race, only given one bottle of water, no second bottle allowed. Making B level pay minimum 3 nights and mandatory to stay at host hotel that charged $300 per night. Hospitality suite was sparse at best. Choices of Gatorade or sparkling water in suite, no food, munchies, nothing. No massage therapists, pre race meal. No advertisement of OT's from city. Many residents had no idea it was going on. Over 20 turns in last 10k. Speed bumps everywhere ( try those when 20 miles in and fatigued) , Made runners other than famous ones, pay for their own way to/from airport.

In comparison, many of the USATF circuit races, ( See Columbus, Houston, Grand Rapids, Jacksonville, New Haven..) provide free shuttles to/from airport, food, some even have parties, many give extra t-shirts, better overall treatment.

Give me a break!

L.A. is only worried about one thing; L.A. - Not the athletes. I guarantee you, if they get the Olympics, there will be tons of horror stories similar to the treatment of OT runners.

Black people are getting choked and beaten to death by EX-Marine L.A.P.D. pigs each and every day and you bitch about a cheap Chinese T-Shirt, and ... ?

As others mentioned, it would be interesting to see how you think that hosting or not hosting an Olympics is a measure of patriotism, and the decision to make a movie about the Boston Marathon bombing rather than one about the Oklahoma City bombing was probably not made by someone from Boston.

And given that you aren't from the northeast you probably have no real sense of what Boston is like. Geographically it's very small with a lot of people crammed into a small place. Happily I almost never need to deal with Boston traffic but if I had to do it on a daily basis I would not be happy about the idea of thousands more tourists than usual on the roads which will be even more crowded than usual because they'd have traffic lanes closed off so IOC officials can't get stuck in traffic.

Boston was a bad choice to begin with. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole idea of a Boston Olympics would never have happened had the Marathon Bombing not taken place. LA is a much better choice. But again, it would be really cool if you could explain what any of this has to do with patriotism.

... LA will probably place third in 2024 voting. I think that Paris has the edge - most of the facilities are in place - most important, the Stade de France, which would be used for ceremonies and athletics. Paris has come second twice in the last four bidding cycles - which often is a prelude to winning. With that said, the Rome bid is being led by Luca Cordero de Montezemolo, who lead Ferrari, and was the head of the organizing committee the last time Italy hosted the World Cup. His name is frequently tossed around as a candidate for Prime Minister of Italy. His contacts and influence could make the difference. I just don't think LA has a compelling argument, compared to those two.

- Niv