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The announcement, a formality that caps what has been an unprecedented host city selection process, follows months of California representatives, including former Olympians, casting their support behind a host bid. For Los Angeles, it will be the third time hosting the Olympics after the 1932 and 1984 Games. Paris, which is expected to be awarded the 2024 Games, also will be hosting for the third time.
The two cities originally bid to host the Olympics in 2024, but LA will be given four more years to prepare for the world's most inclusive athletic event under an agreement worked out with the IOC. With little doubt surrounding the announcement, the cauldron at LA Memorial Coliseum was lit early Wednesday morning.
Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/IOC-Officially-Announces-LA-Hosting-2028-Summer-Olympics-Paralympics-444144263.html#ixzz4sZU82i4a
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Bad Thoughts
(2,524 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The velodrome sat unused for months.
An errant Chinese lantern drifted in and set the track on fire.
These things are enormous white elephants.
Johonny
(20,852 posts)It's one of the reasons they were so sought after to take an Olympics.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)your options:
don't watch
don't go
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)But yes, they had those options. Did someone force them to attend or watch?
And yes, I know what your point is. I get to see my tax dollars wasted on shit I don't like as well - the DoD comes to mind.
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)in North America highly utilized.
procon
(15,805 posts)The L.A. organizers were smart to use existing venues and place athletes in student housing at USC and UCLA instead of lodging them in a new Olympic Village. We broke even, as I recall.
The iconic Los Angeles Coliseum is still in use. Some venue buildings either were already available on university campuses, or new were constructed for student use after the games.
Los Angeless 2028 proposal uses this strategy with plans to re-use the Coliseum, Staples Center, Pauley Pavilion, and other venues. USC and UCLA will again house athletes, and a posh new football stadium that is being built for the NFLs Rams and Chargers franchises will become a new Olympic venue.
Let's hope 2028 works the same.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)Peter Ueberroth was the rainmaker; he hired the best people, formed a blue ribbon committee (LA84), and simply let them do their job.
In 1979, the L.A. organizing committee had made a deal. If the games saw any profits, LA84 would give 60 percent back to the U.S. Olympic Committee and keep 40 percent for Southern California. At the end of the games, the total expenditures came in at a respectable $546 million, but even more impressive was the profit: A surplus of $232.5 million, meaning $93 million would stay in the region. This was huge. The only other games at the time which could claim to be financially successful at all were the other L.A. Olympics: The ones held in the city in 1932.
Today, LA youth sports still reaps the benefit through the formation of the LA84 Foundation:
http://la84.org/our-story/
LonePirate
(13,426 posts)Not many venues will need to be constructed and the TV rights alone could fetch around 11 figures. Plus even lowly attended sports will sell out, let alone the popular events which will sell tickets for sky high prices. Prepare to sell your soul if you want to see women's gymnastics or the US basketball teams.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)Every one of those venues will be corporate branded, "Why pay for television ads when our name is already plastered all over the place?".
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)up here at Berkeley for the '84 games. California has a wealth of sporting venues and resources -- I think we'll do fine in 2028.
underpants
(182,834 posts)Initech
(100,081 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)white_wolf
(6,238 posts)I've heard LA's is even worse. It's why I'm so grateful NYC has public transit. The thought of driving in either NYC or LA makes me want to scream. I doubt I could ever live there for that reason.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)everywhere when visiting . We both know what a difference it makes in travel ease and also less pollution .
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)despite the delays, crowds and last mile problem, I'd much rather be able to take a train and have to walk a bit then get in a car and drive.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)a spot, or in our case driving through snow. Big time congestion around LA needs some help even though the weather and housing allows for easy vehicle use a little more
Initech
(100,081 posts)The drive to downtown is easily over an hour (where all the good concert venues are), and to the airport it's easily an hour and a half. And it's even worse because the I-5 and I-10 are almost *ALWAYS* under construction. The traffic here can suck it.
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)I take it every day to work and it's only $1.75 per ride.
Expecting Rain
(811 posts)but the freeways were never more clear than they were during the games.
It was remarkable.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)it's a fair sight more viable than most places in the US of A
Initech
(100,081 posts)I live in LA and I'm going to the Rose Bowl this weekend, would love to take the train straight there so I don't have to pay the obscene parking charges. But sadly that's not really an option since there's no stop that goes right to the Rose Bowl.
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)It's super easy.