Usain Bolt disses Eugene: "Sometimes it's all about where it is, America is not the biggest track and field place,"

Eugene kind of underwhelmed me.

Maybe it is just me but I thought it would be this beautiful, natural, running utopia.

In reality it was suburban and kinda grimey. The running locations weren't anything special. Sorry.

Who on earth wants to visit Eugene.

U of O is bought. I bet a location in California will one day take over as America's T & F town.

The old Hayward made meets special with the history, energy and set up. The new one is beautiful but takes away from what made Eugene worth the effort.

On the TV broadcast, all they could talk about is the illustrious history and that freaking tower. What is the point of the tower anyway?

Great food? You need to get out more

We literally could not find a place to eat in Eugene after a session of the worlds last year. Everything was closed. Been there 3 times, for the 2012 trials, the world juniors and last year’s worlds. Never again. Tough to get too, expensive and not a pretty place at all. If you think you’re a major sport, then you need to be in a major city and market it correctly.

It always has been.

The USA has population, but no track and field popularity. Its one of th ereasns Mondo bailed.

The only real issue for me is thet the USA seems to want to claim premier position in the decision making. Why would a country that can't raise the popularity and financial success in its country, expect to do that in the world?

Went there in February. No store accepted cash because of robberies and there was a police car every other block to prevent the out of control crime.

This was in the Loop by the way - not in the ghetto.

1. There are out of control carjackings in nice areas

2. If one makes a wrong turn, they'll get shot

It's too bad Colorado is at altitude. The Folsom Field stands were absolutely full for the Bolder Boulder elite 10K races on Memorial Day. They would host the best meets.

For tv broadcasters to talk about it .

The U.S. has no density. In Europe you can get from London to Paris in an hour (or at least pre-Brexit). I didn't even go to the LA Grand Prix because with traffic it would be an hour and a half drive each way and the tickets were priced for bundling and I only could go one afternoon. When Shacari dropped out of the final, I was glad I didn't go through the trouble.

I agree with Bolt. I have been attending Worlds since 2007. One in Eugene I decided not to attend. It was a crap place to visit and I wasn't going to put myself thru the annoyances. I am going to Budapest instead.

I would totally go through a lot of trouble to go to the Diamond league in Florence though and I wouldn't care who showed up. Cause Florence is enough of a draw.

It's a bit of a weirdchamp to host the WCs in a place with exorbitant accommodation costs due to scarcity.

Prices rival the Ironman WCs in Kona, but in that case at least you're staying in Hawaii.

The tower was included because the designers noticed that so many European tracks had a tower. But you can't go in it. It has offices inside so it is only for the special.

I really enjoy Eugene & Springfield! I enjoy all of the different track meets at Hayward! There is always places to stay, just book early!

Time to move on... they just invested 300 million into the place. We're not moving on anytime soon

F-Sa-Su Taylor Swift has sold out 55,000 each night with thousands more coming just to buy merchandise. Swifties have more balls than you do.