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

#2024UscOlympics is heavily favored since L.A. has already finished 95% of the venues and flats, Europeans had it in 2012, and Budapest does NOT have stable finances

Jill Geer, Max Siegel, and Stephanie Hightower got 5 Star treatment.

#2024UscOlympics wrote:

#2024UscOlympics is heavily favored since L.A. has already finished 95% of the venues and flats, Europeans had it in 2012, and Budapest does NOT have stable finances

That is not true. The refit on the theoretical coliseum alone is hundreds of millions of dollars. That is one venue.

We're talking billions in taxpayer funding and unfunded, shuttered venues in 3-5 years.

Stranger still was the proposed residence project in a still used, apparently busy railroad yard.

This is the IOC. Their product is saleable to dictatorships and known corrupt nations like Brazil, China, and Russia.

No transparency means widespread corruption.

The 1850 Charter of the City of Los Angeles forbids taxpayer funds for private business vengtures. The Coliseum will be renovated with 100% private funds.

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

#2024UscOlympics wrote:

#2024UscOlympics is heavily favored since L.A. has already finished 95% of the venues and flats, Europeans had it in 2012, and Budapest does NOT have stable finances

That is not true. The refit on the theoretical coliseum alone is hundreds of millions of dollars. That is one venue.

We're talking billions in taxpayer funding and unfunded, shuttered venues in 3-5 years.

Stranger still was the proposed residence project in a still used, apparently busy railroad yard.

This is the IOC. Their product is saleable to dictatorships and known corrupt nations like Brazil, China, and Russia.

No transparency means widespread corruption.

-10/10. See Big Dig. Note that I was for the Olympics coming to Boston, but certainly fully understood why my neighbors didn't - the lack of transparency throughout the whole process was just the beginning.

The Oklahoma city bombing was a terrorist attack by red blooded Americans. That was the difference. It's hard to be patriotic when a few of your own are Benedict Arnolds.

Yeah it is kind of funny how all terrorists are muslim, black, latino or asian. The white mass murderers are just "mentally unstable."

kanny wrote:

-10/10. See Big Dig. Note that I was for the Olympics coming to Boston, but certainly fully understood why my neighbors didn't - the lack of transparency throughout the whole process was just the beginning.

The Oklahoma city bombing was a terrorist attack by red blooded Americans. That was the difference. It's hard to be patriotic when a few of your own are Benedict Arnolds.

88% of Bostonians also want LA to host the Olympics. Funny how things work themselves out.

It looks like the L.A. organizing committee is trying to keep the fantasy alive.London's bid went from four to 14 billion.http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/30/news/economy/olympics-cost/What happened in Salt Lake City?http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mitt-romney-expensive-olympics-federal-fundinghttp://www.skinet.com/ski/general-accounting-office/1999/12/si-games-to-cost-taxpayers-15-billionAnd when the project budgets double, and then triple who is on the hook? What about those pesky project guarantees buried in the non-public agreement?Does the city capture any of the IOC's revenue from the event? Why not?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_the_Olympic_GamesI want in on the scam!!!

Stop Lying to US please wrote:

The 1850 Charter of the City of Los Angeles forbids taxpayer funds for private business vengtures. The Coliseum will be renovated with 100% private funds.

#2024UscOlympics wrote:

#2024UscOlympics is heavily favored since L.A. has already finished 95% of the venues and flats, Europeans had it in 2012, and Budapest does NOT have stable finances

You should let the USOC know they are taking credit for sponsoring athletes. Which, actually, some sports federations do. USATF just gave a couple of months rent to some athletes. That will see them through to Rio.

We’re the ones raising the resources to give to athletes.

Money! Money! Money everywhere!

not from Boston wrote:

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.

Please tell me you did that on purpose because if deliberate, that is pure ironic genius. If not, well...

That's why the Rams are in Inglewood and not L.A. I.E. the City of LA can't spend one dime on the Rams.

Stop Lying to US please wrote:

The 1850 Charter of the City of Los Angeles forbids taxpayer funds for private business vengtures. The Coliseum will be renovated with 100% private funds.

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

That is not true. The refit on the theoretical coliseum alone is hundreds of millions of dollars. That is one venue.

We're talking billions in taxpayer funding and unfunded, shuttered venues in 3-5 years.

Stranger still was the proposed residence project in a still used, apparently busy railroad yard.

This is the IOC. Their product is saleable to dictatorships and known corrupt nations like Brazil, China, and Russia.

No transparency means widespread corruption.

The coliseum is co-owned by the State of California, the City of L.A. and the County and currently run by USC Soooo.... USC is "the boss." And the Coliseum is currently operated by a private company, So.... The L.A. bid cheerleader posting above about what the city can/cannot do is wrong.

Pay for your own $B stadium wrote:

That's why the Rams are in Inglewood and not L.A. I.E. the City of LA can't spend one dime on the Rams.

Stop Lying to US please wrote:

The 1850 Charter of the City of Los Angeles forbids taxpayer funds for private business vengtures. The Coliseum will be renovated with 100% private funds.

The Charter of Expostition Park forbids private boxes and luxuries for wealthy individuals or corps, which is why the Raiders, Lakers, and Kings could never get luxury boxes, and is why the Rams won't have them next year.

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

The coliseum is co-owned by the State of California, the City of L.A. and the County and currently run by USC Soooo.... USC is "the boss."

And the Coliseum is currently operated by a private company, So.... The L.A. bid cheerleader posting above about what the city can/cannot do is wrong.

Pay for your own $B stadium wrote:

That's why the Rams are in Inglewood and not L.A. I.E. the City of LA can't spend one dime on the Rams.

You Cry Babies in Beaverton wrote:

The Charter of Expostition Park forbids private boxes and luxuries for wealthy individuals or corps, which is why the Raiders, Lakers, and Kings could never get luxury boxes, and is why the Rams won't have them next year.

If that's true, then the IOC will NOT be happy. Nike has to have a private box!

Where will IOC aparatchiks recline???

Horrors!

USC held the olys in 1932 and 1984 at the Coliseum and USC is bidding the Coliseum for 2024.

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

You Cry Babies in Beaverton wrote:

The Charter of Expostition Park forbids private boxes and luxuries for wealthy individuals or corps, which is why the Raiders, Lakers, and Kings could never get luxury boxes, and is why the Rams won't have them next year.

If that's true, then the IOC will NOT be happy. Nike has to have a private box!

Where will IOC aparatchiks recline???

Horrors!

ctc802 wrote:

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.

Take it easy there Tonto, Maine ain't so bad.

Of course 88% of LA weird ones want the Oly games. For 100 years LA has won the most Oly and intl medals, and has won the most pro and college champs. 1/2 the pros grew up and/or presently live in L.A. today. It's sunny all the time. You can train every day on the year.