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Who wants to host 2022 Winter Olympics? Only 2 cities left in the race
CBS News ^ | October 1, 2014 | Liu Jin

Posted on 10/02/2014 7:50:28 AM PDT by Scoutmaster

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To: Vigilanteman
You make an excellent point.

I think one thing that we need to realize is that Americans and Europeans have much different views of winter sports particularly skiing. In America (aside from those who live in places like Colorado, Utah and Vermont) skiing is primarily enjoyed by the upper-middle class and above, but in northern and central Europe everyone skis.

And you do make an excellent point about it being stupid for the expensive resorts in Europe to want the disruption of the Olympics when they are already making plenty of money.

41 posted on 10/02/2014 9:14:47 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: trisham

I’d get rid of the Winter/Summer Olympic format and have the events at appropriate times of the year. In the modern world you can have track and field events in Texas in June, skiing and bobsledding in Colorado in January, and skating events in Detroit when appropriate (New arena and facility going up now)


42 posted on 10/02/2014 9:17:34 AM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: vette6387

They never should have allowed professionals in the Olympics.


43 posted on 10/02/2014 9:18:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Scoutmaster

They still do the olympics? Who knew?!


44 posted on 10/02/2014 9:19:33 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: cripplecreek

I think that’s a great idea. The Olympics have become bloated and cumbersome. It’s time to pare it down, and make it affordable. It’s become something that it was never meant to be, with ridiculous attempts at entertainment that are meaningless.


45 posted on 10/02/2014 9:25:06 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

Cut back the number of events for both the Summer and Winter games back to what they were for the 1976 Games.


46 posted on 10/02/2014 9:26:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: trisham

More people would have access to Olympic events without the cost of traveling around the world.


47 posted on 10/02/2014 9:28:16 AM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: dfwgator

Even that is too much:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics


48 posted on 10/02/2014 9:32:55 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: cripplecreek

Why couldn’t they spread the events across the globe.

Say have the skiing in the Alps, the speed skating in Asia, heck, you could have the Figure Skating anywhere in the world, as long as there is an arena that has an ice rink.


49 posted on 10/02/2014 9:33:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: trisham

Well it’s what I grew up on. Frankly they need to get rid of any sport that requires judges.


50 posted on 10/02/2014 9:34:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Let Beijing host it - they just had one so the facilities are there, and they put on a good opening show.

Even if NBC did have to digitally enhance it on broadcast to ensure that the "fireworks" went off as planned.

51 posted on 10/02/2014 9:38:26 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: dfwgator

Cities can still compete for individual events. You could have your skiing in the USA one year and next time around have skiing events in Europe.

I’d just unbind the Olympic events and make them international competitions under the Olympic banner.


52 posted on 10/02/2014 9:39:28 AM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek

Yes, and the number of events should be cut way back, closer to the original.

http://www.olympic.org/sports


53 posted on 10/02/2014 9:42:37 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: dfwgator

The judging is maddening.


54 posted on 10/02/2014 9:43:27 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: grania
Are there any ski mountains near Beijing?

You can build ski jumps, bobsled runs, etc. However, it is kind of difficult to build a mountain with a 2500’ vertical drop high enough to have the men's/women's downhill on. Plus it needs to be cold enough to actually have snow. This was the problem in Sochi and even at Whistler for the Vancouver games. The WINTER games need to be at a place that will actually have winter temperatures in February.

55 posted on 10/02/2014 9:44:53 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: dfwgator

As long as they do not cut women’s curling, I am good with that.

Seriously, the only event I always make a point to watch is the men’s downhill. Going 80 mph on a pair of skis down 60 degree incline. Then the finish time between first and 20th place is 2 seconds apart. NUTS.


56 posted on 10/02/2014 9:53:16 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Scoutmaster

The Sochi site is already going downhill (no pun intended), but it probably will never get as bad as Sarajevo.


57 posted on 10/02/2014 10:02:53 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: kevkrom
Even if NBC did have to digitally enhance it on broadcast to ensure that the "fireworks" went off as planned.

As long as the Chinese are wasting a billion on the Olympics, that's a billion they can't spend on military hardware while we cut our military spending. Also, Beijing's spending on these games to impress the rest of the world and entertain their own elites probably pisses off China's rural poor and creates internal dissension. So all in all, a net plus =).
58 posted on 10/02/2014 10:14:27 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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