The whole Olympic model needs to be changed.
There’s no reason downhill skiing needs to be in or near the same city hosting skating events or watersports in the same city holding track and field events.
Better to use existing venues in multiple cities.
The IOC has actually started issuing recommendations that put more of an emphasis on sustainability in an effort to ease the burden on host cities. Tokyo in particular wanted all events within a very confined 8 km area until organizers encouraged cost control through the use of existing facilities, some hundreds of miles away. There probably still needs to be a core center to facilitate coverage but I travel there a few times a year so anything to avoid a repeat of the waste, destruction and human misery caused by past games (including 1964 !) is greatly welcomed.
The IOC is the UN of sports.
I would propose that the games be held in ONE venue,
in Athens, the historic venue. This would allow all
to compete on the same conditions.
I wonder if they like the symbolism of opening and closing ceremonies, of all countries in the world together? To do that, you need to have all the athletes in close promixity.
I heard that the 1984 L.A. Olympics under Peter Ueberroth (sp?) actually turned a profit. Not sure how it was done, but in recent years, we hear about how countries and cities are billions in the red hosting these games. If you have to go billions in the red to host an Olympics, is it really worth it?