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Budapest to withdraw bid for 2024 Olympics, leaving L.A. and Paris as only contenders
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DrForester
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Hope Paris wins. Not that he had anything to do with it, but I don't want Trump taking credit.
Also be amazing if the IOC cites uncertainty with athletes entering the county as a reason.
Also be amazing if the IOC cites uncertainty with athletes entering the county as a reason.
TAJ
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The bans alone would make a US Olympics a disaster.
davepoobond
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technically there is no way 2024 will have Trump in power, unless he loses and then gets re-elected after that presidency. so maybe it isnt as much of a shoe-in for Paris as you'd think.
NYCmetsfan
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The 2010 world cup was held at SOCCER city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FNB_Stadium
South Africa calls the game soccer.
if trump wins in 2020 he's president till 2025
Hosting the Olympics is good if you already have the stadiums and infrastructure which is not a lot of cities in the world and it should rotate between them.
He will be starting less then a year from starting his third term as America's sovereign leader.
He will be starting less then a year from starting his third term as America's sovereign leader.
I'm 50/50 on Trump taking authoritarian power or the USA being involved in a civil war by 2024
Wheeljack539
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This. I recall reading a few times that if LA got the Olympics then the Purple Line second and third phases would be fast tracked to be completed by that time. If they can also have the Sepulveda Pass completed by that time too that would be beyond awesome.
It won't happen, but I would also hope for the Metro West Santa Ana Branch to be fast tracked too.
Mutanthands
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Hard to say, but I bet a significant percentage of those profits were from American tourists from other parts of the country. I'd have to see if anyone compiled numbers detailing the tourist breakdown.
That's not really a good thing for Greece in it's current state unless other countries contribute the majority of the costs.
milanbaros
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The US hosted the World Cup in 1994. If that's a no brainer then what is England? Hell, forget England, within 5 years London could host the World Cup:
Twikenham
Wembley
London stadium
Emirates
New Stamford Bridge
New white heart lane
Smaller matches at either The Valley, Selhurst Park or Craven Cottage.
As nice as this sentiment is, the only thing this would do is put us even deeper in the hole.
I am sad to see the biggest sports competition in the world, which was born in ancient Greece, end up like this. Me and the rest of the Greek citizens are going to have to be bled dry in taxes even more than we are now, in order to be able to afford it...
so thanks, but no thanks...
milanbaros
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Would it? If all you had to do was maintain instead of build from scratch?
The guarantee alone of a big event every 4 years like clockwork would spur infrastructure and hospitality investment.
LA has plenty of space and world class facilities.
Nah, it's absolutely not it. Everyone already knows that they wanted to steal billions. Hell, they already did with the bid and pre-organizing it.
They wanted it badly, so badly - the PM, Orban is an insane sports fan, that's why "we" build stadiums everywhere in the country instead of anything useful. They are spending extreme amounts of money on that for this single reason. (The marked house here is Orban's house, he really really loves shitty football.) Also, organizing something this big is a great way to steal insane amounts of money. Just one example: Orban's old friend and neighbour, a gas repairmen who was an everyday gas repairman 10 years ago, suddenly somehow became one of the country's richest person when Orban became PM again. And he is dumb as a rock...
There is only one cause why we withdrew it: some young people who opposed it, collected signatures to do a referendum about the Olympics in Budapest, and they got lots and lost of signatures, much more than they needed, much more than anybody thought they would. So all signs point that in the referendum Fidesz would lose, and as they cannot be seen as losers, they did this to sabotage the referendum.
KeyBladerXIII
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Give it to Paris, I want to see them work in the guillotine into their opening ceremony.
Yeah and when does that happen?
If you want to spend a ton of money on a city then do something other than building useless stadiums and billboards for Coca Cola. For example, put in some trams and bike lanes.
shira
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Yes, in 1996 but now you pay out the ass for security and it's slightly harder to bribe IOC officials now that the US government is just waiting to nail them and FIFA.
Wheeljack539
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It happened in 1984. When Los Angeles last held it. We still have the facilities and LA is growing still.
Ninja Scooter
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LA is not going to have to build shit in terms of stadiums. The infrastructure is largely there, and what does get built serves a purpose post-Olympics because LA is a huge, highly populated city.
old manatee
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lmao hosting the Olympics is more like a punishment. It's a horrible waste of resources for the host.
FireAndBlood
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This would be the third time LA hosted as well.
Not for LA which already has the facilities and has hosted before. Will be a no brainer to reuse LA facilities and inviting the world. They won't award Paris over LA after the Chicago snub and how Rio was a shitshow and Russia and London just hosted the Olympics Winter and Summer respectively. NA will be the continent as SK, Japan and China will host the next 3 and so Asia is out as is South America. Will go to NA watch.
Also, you people from California, this could be the kick in the pants to start major infrastructure projects. Still 7+ years away.
Charles Brandon
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Paris is far more deserving. Atlanta wasn't that long ago, the US needs another decade on the bench.
Oh, I didn't know that. But it's quite fascinating that all the candidates now have already hosted the olympics twice.
I don't know about that, historically the Olympics have always had a preference for Europe, they never go 3 editions out of Europe. For instance in the 60s it went from Rome to Tokyo to Mexico City and then back to Europe in Munich 72, or in the 80s with Moscow, Los Angeles, Seoul and Barcelona in 92 and also Barcelona, Atlanta, Sidney and back to Athens in 2004. So I would argue that Paris stands more of a chance here because it will come after London, Rio and Tokyo. Also, since there's a lot of politics (as well as briberies) in choosing the host city, I'd say the refugee crisis in Europe may be a reason the IOC will end up choosing Paris.
Excuse me.
I would hope LA can do a great job if they get it, and make it benefit the city, but it does make me nervous from an economic standpoint and just the chaos around prepping the event. But hopefully LA's in a good position to handle all that and nothing goes sideways.
I'd consider going to some events at least.
I'd consider going to some events at least.
gutter_trash
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unless he pulls off a Putin and enacts constitutional changes that would permit him to run again
Republicans nearly have enough power to enact constitutional changes so anything is possible really.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Calendars. How do they work?
He was elected last year so he will be president until january 2021, and if he gets reelected in 2020 he will be the president in january 2025, so he doesn't even need to change anything to get there as it is.
However I'd like to point out that every populist always tries to change the rules, no matter the country, so Trump trying to change the constitution is almost certain. The good thing here is that changing the US Constituion is harder than in many other places, because you need the States to agree with the change and maybe that will make it harder for him.
Bruce Springsteen
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that's actually good idea
we don't need cities getting financially fucked every four year
Greece is already financially fucked
As other people have said, if you have the infrastructure already, then it's actually beneficial. Don't know what is hard to understand about that.
AlfonzoPalutena
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I hope LA gets it. Trump isn't attractive to an international audience, but he'll be out of office by summer 2024, and the stuff going on in Rio was a much more direct threat to the safety of any tourists.
Plus I think LA can pull off another successful Olympics. They did it before, Atlanta did too. I think it would be a great way to further build up the existing infrastructure.
Paris would be cool I guess, but I'm in America so I'm biased.
Also, I really wanna see the Jenner / Kardashian family complete they last two miles of the torch handoff while streaming it on Instagram from every angle. That would be inspiring af
Plus I think LA can pull off another successful Olympics. They did it before, Atlanta did too. I think it would be a great way to further build up the existing infrastructure.
Paris would be cool I guess, but I'm in America so I'm biased.
Also, I really wanna see the Jenner / Kardashian family complete they last two miles of the torch handoff while streaming it on Instagram from every angle. That would be inspiring af
US tourism suffered a bit during the Iraq war, but it still wasn't THAT bad. The events will still fill up, and it's not like Americans won't attend. We haven't had a summer Olympics for a while and people will be fairly eager to go. I'm definitely going if LA gets it.
Also, I would hope people are smart enough to realize that LA in no way represents Trump or his shitty-ass voters. It's an overwhelmingly liberal city. The games aren't being held in the middle of nowhere where people with protozoan levels of intelligence bitch and moan about foreigners they've never met.
And besides, is France REALLY that much better? The rise of Le Pen and the growing anti-immigrant sentiment there suggests no.
gutter_trash
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this could be a positive for LA to boost its public transit
Captin Quacker
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Skellig Gra
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It happens all the time. 2012 being the last instance. LA last time, Barcelona, Atlanta all come to mind off the top of my head.
At this point, FIFA has so much bad rep, they should officially change it from football to soccer and rebrand themselves as FISA. Might also help them evade a few ongoing lawsuits. "FIFA? No, no, no, we FISA, you should try next door."
Elfotografoalocado
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It would be a sight to behold if all contenders withdrew their bid and the corrupt cronies at the Olympic commitee could not reap from the taxpayers of any of the two remaining cities.
The olympic committee doesn't want a boycott, it would look terrible for them if Mexico and large chunks of the Middle East and Africa never showed up.
Wheeljack539
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This is primarily why I want it. Purple Line going to UCLA would be one of those fast tracked. Not to mention the People Mover at LAX to connect with the Crenshaw/Green Line.
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