USOC and IOC re-target Los Angeles for 2024 Summer Olympic Games

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8 years ago 07/28/2015 9:54pm EDT

re: In N Out Burger in your FACE

In N Out Burger in your FACE wrote:
You guys never been to So Cal have you? In So Cal nearly every the Olys sports facilities are used by real teams year around. Venues don't need to be built because they already are constructed. The parking lots as well. Amateurs leagues have been established and have been playing yearly for what seems 100 years. There's no other place in the world for sports than So Cal.

Uhhh. No.

Swim stadium? Where?

Archery? What? Where?

Velodrome? Tore it down.

USC is rebuilding the coliseum and putting a football pitch in a part of the city that desperately needs almost anything else. Anyone want to talk about how public lands have been transferred to USc?

Who will insure USC's projects? The city of course because they own the land.

There is no free lunch.

8 years ago 07/28/2015 10:31pm EDT

re: 2024 Los Angeles

Without the endorsement and full participation of the Hollywood TV industry, Nike would not have been awarded IAAF worlds in 2021. L.A. puts on so many world sized events every year it's routine and commonplace. The Tournament of Roses Parade draws 3 million tourists every year. The 2015 Special Olympics is going on now with millions of tourists and absolutely NO impact on public infrastructure. If Los Angeles is chosen, USOC/IOC is virtually guaranteed a profitable and spectacular Olympics.

8 years ago 07/29/2015 5:46am EDT

re: T V Mannequin

I don't care where they put the olympics, just ban NBC from broadcasting them.

8 years ago 07/29/2015 10:42am EDT

re: Bad Wigins

Since the Seattle area is the Kenya of USA DIstances, Los Angeles would be the best and closest shitty and smoggy place for the Olys.

8 years ago 07/29/2015 11:03am EDT

re: T V Mannequin

T V Mannequin wrote:
Without the endorsement and full participation of the Hollywood TV industry, Nike would not have been awarded IAAF worlds in 2021.

IAAF + Nike == bribes

They do if for football and we know Diack takes bribes for world championships, so.... It's all about money. L.A.'s grandfathers want the games and are hosting "lesser" events to spread the wealth thus proving the organizers can fund bribes at IOC levels.

T V Mannequin wrote: L.A. puts on so many world sized events every year it's routine and commonplace. The Tournament of Roses Parade draws 3 million tourists every year.

That's marketing speak. 3 million MORE people in the L.A. area in January would impact just about all the residents. It's a popular winter destination anyway.

3 million people do not show up and watch the Rose Parade on the side of the road. That's simply not possible.

The rose bowl holds about 92,000. If it's two out-of-town teams, I'd put the regional visitor count at about 100,000-110,000.

8 years ago 07/29/2015 2:35pm EDT

re: runDirtyrun

I went to the '84 Olympics in LA and there were absolutely no problems getting around town as a lot of locals heard horror stories and left town. The traffic was the best I ever saw. And now there is more public transit. Plus the Staples Center and Convention Center are much better and nicer than what was there during those games. All in all LA is the best and cheapest Olympic venue there is in the USA (if not the world).

8 years ago 07/29/2015 6:01pm EDT

re: run with the wom

Around 5 million people jammed in for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Every year club basketball, club Rugby, youth volleyball, youth Judo, etc. bring in another 10,000,000 tourists into LAX. There's simply no other metro infrastructure anywhere which is built to handle 10s on millions of sports players and attendees than Los Angeles.

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