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Why would established cities want to host an Olympics?
Can someone tell me why a city would want to host an Olympic Games? For the life of me I've never been able to figure out why. I remember Menino wasting tens of millions of dollars trying to get Boston an Olympics, and for what? Massive traffic, massive debt, certain inconvenience, more corruption, increased taxes, etc. Can someone tell me what the net gain is for a city? Maybe if you want to put yourself on the map, as in some 3rd world nation looking to join the big boys, it might make sense. Not for an established city though.
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"There has never been an Olympic Games that has made a profit," says Robert Barney, director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies at the University of Western Ontario.
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Re: Why would established cities want to host an Olympics?
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Originally Posted by Real World
Can someone tell me why a city would want to host an Olympic Games? For the life of me I've never been able to figure out why. I remember Menino wasting tens of millions of dollars trying to get Boston an Olympics, and for what? Massive traffic, massive debt, certain inconvenience, more corruption, increased taxes, etc. Can someone tell me what the net gain is for a city? Maybe if you want to put yourself on the map, as in some 3rd world nation looking to join the big boys, it might make sense. Not for an established city though.
Agreed. A very tired waste of time. An ego trip for established cities/nations. Would rather Rio get it this time. Even with their left-leaning president.
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Well in some of your cronies are named Jarrett & Rezko and they are in real estate they could make a killing. Follow the dancing Obama's to see where the money is.
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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."
Re: Why would established cities want to host an Olympics?
Not quite sure if I would even want to go to the olympics.. the only possible answer is for infrastructure stuff... many cities have benefitted from them being there Lake Placid, Calgary come to mind...
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In Culture of Corruption, I spotlight the intimate relationship between Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s crony lawyer Valerie Jarrett and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Jarrett’s slum lord record in Chicago is highly relevant to her current and ongoing pursuit of Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid — which will cost taxpayers nearly $5 billion and bring an untold windfall to developers and contractors.
From my chapter on Jarrett’s role as president and CEO of The Habitat Company, which the Boston Globe probed in a rare, non-fluffy look at the Obama’s consigliere:
At the link info on her role as a slum landlord.
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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."
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So much for Obama's popularity and pull, Chitown first city eliminated...
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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."
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So much for Obama's popularity and pull, Chitown first city eliminated...
I predicted Rio would edge out Chicago in a close vote. Obviously I still think Rio will win, but I am very surprised that Chicago got bounced so early.
EDIT: Now they are saying Tokyo is out as well, so that pretty much cements it for Rio. 2012 is in London. No way they give 2016 to Madrid, which is just a stone's throw away when we look at things on a global scale.
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Well in some of your cronies are named Jarrett & Rezko and they are in real estate they could make a killing. Follow the dancing Obama's to see where the money is.
You might have nailed it why the Obama crew jetted over to argue for Chi-town. Very sad to see it all boil down to lining the pockets of cronies. Not a good omen. My bet is on Rio or Tokyo.
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Why would established cities want to host an Olympics?
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