Posted on 04/03/2016 7:58:08 AM PDT by C19fan
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Failure to sell Olympic seats is Brazil's big ticket headache
Sebastian Smith
AFP
April 2, 2016
The zika virus, high crime and a major political crisis have all dampened the initial excitement over Rio's hosting South America's first Olympic Games
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The zika virus, high crime and a major political crisis have all dampened the initial excitement over Rio's hosting South America's first Olympic Games (AFP Photo/Yasuyoshi Chiba) More
Brazil's government sounded the alarm Saturday over meager sales of Olympic tickets and public apathy just five months before Rio hosts South America's first Summer Games.
With worries about the Zika virus, high crime and a major political crisis already overshadowing the August 5 opening ceremony, Brazil now faces the embarrassing prospect of empty stadiums.
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IOC knotheads pick another awful city; ranks with Berlin, Moscow, & Peking.
I read a few months ago there was a lack of clean drinking water also.
Perverted political class spends billions on basically hosting parties and not providing clean water for its citizens.
LOL-
Are you saying this country is like Flint Michigan?
Not just high crime and the Zika virus. Who wants to go anywhere in crowded conditions in a polluted urban environment? Participants and tourists will be bringing in disease to that germ factory from all over the world.
Look on the bright side. Brazil gives you a chance at a rare trifecta. You could catch the Zika virus, get mugged, and catch dysentery all on the same day. Think of the stories you can tell your grandchildren!
two out of three for flint Michigan is not too bad (I do not think the Zika virus is there)
Just messing with y’all-lol
Really I am surprised they picked Brazil-
Maybe next olympics (take your pick):
North Korea
Syria
Iraq
Nigeria
Haiti
Saudi Arabia
Iran
and next door : Columbia or Argentina
just a few to start with..
sarc
If I had money to blow, I’d simply take water samples from public drinking fountains in Washington DC and publish the results.
Dollars to donuts, those samples would come back with 12-50 parts per billion of lead contamination, far eclipsing Flint Michigan’s pretend crisis. Oh, and be FAR more embarrassing to the liberals than a spat between two liberal cities who want each other’s money.
Just remember that Rio beat out Chicago to host these Olympics thanks to Mac Daddy Obama thought he could persuade the committee to change.
Actually, I give Obama a thumbs up for the failure. I live in the Chicago suburbs, but I would not like having the congestion and the third worlders in the city. I would just pack up and head south for a month.
The swimming and rowing events are all in BADLY polluted water ,, you can’t clean up 60 years of raw sewage discharge in a few months by diverting it a few miles away...
Come to Rio! we have dirty water , sky high prices , crime galore , preteen hookers with HIV and the best food you can find in a slum... and we got half the venues completed and none of the infrastructure... but the IOC people got their bribes on time...
It’ll be Iran , they have plenty of bribe money available thanks to Obama.
Zika virus, high crime, and beaches with a coloform count higher than the average toilet. What’s not to like?
I raise you World Cup 2022, Qatar.
Actually, the ‘96 games here in ATL were the best 2-3 weeks of traffic ever. They scared so many people into leaving town or working from home that traffic was nonexistent. We’d routinely leave our suburban home an hour before the event, drive downtown at warp speed and into parking in 30 minutes, walk 15 minutes to the venue, and be in our seats in plenty of time.
Brazil is so scuzzy i wont even be watching on my tv up here in the lower 48
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