Posted on 02/11/2017 7:12:02 AM PST by C19fan
Always the same.
On one of the bigger Greek Islands with complete control given to the IOC. The Athens games pretty much bankrupted Greece. With said island you build all the venues on a permanent basis. The IOC then controls hotels and all other revenue generators. Broadcast rights provide enough to upgrade the venues between Olympics. No one gets to the island without IOC extreme vetting. It might actually make the IOC quite a lot of money but it would require a degree of vision that I don’t think the IOC has. They seem wedded to the traveling circus model.
As with the UN, there is no reason for the US to fund this. Let the IOC raise money from donations from businesses or wealthy individuals.
What I find striking is that it’s never in the same place twice except for Lake Placid NY. 1938 and 1980.
- RE: amateurs. Concur. Even the non-NBA stars etc. are far from ‘natural athletes’ (funded to perform, just like the pros)
- Just like sports teams in any major city of the U.S. Taxpayers on the hook for private ventures.
IMO, we should get (MAYBE) the U.N. to vote on a few (2 Winter, 2 Summer) sites that all pay for (yeah, I know). Static sites for all to use...no need to spend OODLES of $$ for each NEW site/etc.
The rich are richer and the poor are poorer. Nothing ever changes.
Good idea, but I'd get the IOC to vote on and pay for the sites. Let them collect the revenues for use of the sites in the Olympics and future uses to underwrite the costs.
Heck, that group has to do SOMETHING!
Return the Summer Games permanently to Greece, figure out something similar for the Winter Games.
Indeed, right now they could hold the World Cup in the USA and the total operational costs would be likely under US$1 billion, given the fact many American football stadiums are easily converted to FIFA-certified soccer stadiums.
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