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Who Wants to Host an Olympic Games? Anyone?
Wall Street Journal ^
| September 21, 2016
| Matthew Futterman
Posted on 09/22/2016 11:47:01 AM PDT by C19fan
The bidding process for the Olympics is following an eerily familiar pattern that should make the folks at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland choke on their afternoon chocolates.
It goes something like this:
World capital city floats idea of an Olympic bid.
IOC welcomes interest.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: olympics
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The hot and smart major of Rome withdrew her support for that city's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Hosting the games is an utter waste of money. I would be quite happy if the US never hosted another game although with Rome out it is a two way contest between LA and Paris; Budapest is submitting a long shot bid. Let the French blow billions and host an ideal target for the tens of thousands of jihadists just licking for a chance to make a real bang, pun intended.
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posted on
09/22/2016 11:47:01 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Hosting the games isn’t that expensive. It’s the cost of the bribes that makes the exercise a money loser.
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posted on
09/22/2016 11:48:17 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: C19fan
GO! Paris!
That will be fun to watch (disintegrate)...
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posted on
09/22/2016 11:52:58 AM PDT
by
BBB333
(Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
To: C19fan
I’ve traveled past a few former olympic cities. They are ghost towns. They are the same as windmill generators. They are monuments to government corruption, graft, and waste. Does it really take billions of dollars to have some people compete?
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posted on
09/22/2016 11:55:09 AM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
To: C19fan
When and if the world (read the US) defeats its assault by islamists, maybe.
Not interested currently, at all.
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posted on
09/22/2016 11:59:39 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: PAR35
To: C19fan
ATHENS OLYMPIC SITE TODAY
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posted on
09/22/2016 12:03:42 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: C19fan
The notion of building these tremendous facilities for basically a one-time use is just bizarre. I seriously doubt that the tourist dollars are enough to pay for all that. Put the games in locations with existing facilities. Heck, leave the summer games in Greece permanently, they need an economic shot in the arm.
To: C19fan
Salt Lake is debating jumping back into the lottery.
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posted on
09/22/2016 12:06:54 PM PDT
by
Hoffer Rand
(Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
To: C19fan
Lake Placid, NY made a boat load of money with the 1980 Olympics and the facilities are all still in use and town is still booming today.
Winter Olympics you can make $$$$$$ with.
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posted on
09/22/2016 12:12:59 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: 13foxtrot
Actually “Mayor” is just a phonetic spelling of “Major”...just saying! Who knew Rome had a hot mayor?
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posted on
09/22/2016 12:19:00 PM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
To: C19fan
The hot and smart major of Rome withdrew her support for that city's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Wouldn't she be a Majorette?
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posted on
09/22/2016 12:23:44 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: C19fan
Saudi? Syria? They could add a few new events there! Antarctica might be tough. No one to get bribes from. The mind reels. So many options.
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posted on
09/22/2016 12:23:59 PM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: Dr. Sivana
“Wouldn’t she be a Majorette? “
Campidoglio
And a real beauty too.
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posted on
09/22/2016 12:29:52 PM PDT
by
nicepaco
To: C19fan
Clean up the Athens 2004 venue and permanently park the Summer Olympics there.
Problem solved, and Greece gets a monetary subsidy every four years.
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posted on
09/22/2016 12:30:37 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: qam1
LA made money with the 1984 Summer Games.
To: RegulatorCountry
Lets just leave it in Athens. Update facilities and that is it.
Now the Winter Olympics can have one site in North America, one in Europe That's it. I didn't watch one minute of the Olympics this year. I really don't care.
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posted on
09/22/2016 12:50:41 PM PDT
by
Kozy
(new age haruspex)
To: qam1
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posted on
09/22/2016 1:01:33 PM PDT
by
Technocrat
(Trump-Reagan 2016. Because you're fired.)
To: Kozy
Really,the various Olympic committees wouldn’t get their bribe money!
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