The summer Olympics should be PERMANENTLY relocated to Phoenix

This is Phoenix, USA, right? I assume the above is relatively speaking, then?

Look at Phoenix’s demographics. It won’t have high gun crime

No dumber, but still dumb.

I don't think the Olympics should be permanently located in one place. It is better if the locations rotate.

Not sure where you live, but 90 degrees with dry air and no sun isn't all that bad compared to what much of the country goes through with humidity and high dew points.

I'm definitely not advocating the Summer Olympics in Phoenix though.

People have become so soft. Phoenix summers are easy, especially before the sun comes out. Even with the sun though it’s dry and not really a big deal.

Where would they hold the sailing events?

Better choice: they hold the distance races in Duluth and the sprints in Minneapolis. Mountain biking would be at Crosby-Ironton and the other sports could be a Grand Casino in HInckley.

Phoenix should be permanently relocated to somewhere that can sustain human life (i.e. somewhere with water).

How American of you.

Sure… if you hold the summer Olympics in December.

They often hold those quite far away (not at main location).

You must be one of the uninformed. Phoenix has ample water in many resivior and has a huge supply in its aquifer.

I haven't read the whole thread yet, but has anyone mentioned the fact that Phoenix is literally the worst place on planet earth?

I fought in the battle of Ramadi and felt safer there than simply driving through Phoenix. Horrible place. Too many people, too hot, the world's worst drivers. No thank you.

I live in inland central California (an hour north of Fresno) where the summer highs are often 100+ degrees, but it really is a dry heat with little urban heat island, and the lows usually dip below 70. Even in the middle of summer you can do a 20+ mile marathon training run in reasonable conditions as long as you're willing to start early enough.

I wouldn't even argue for putting the summer Olympics in a place with Fresno's weather, much less Phoenix's.

You'd be surprised how many democrats are in Phoenix.

How many summer Olympic locations have been plagued with snow and ice during the event? How many have had to deal with tornadoes? Seems to me that you are solving problems that don't exist and ignoring the heat issue which would exist in Arizona.

Have Athens in Greece been renamed Phoenix?

I've totally missed that! ;-)