The 2016 Summer Olympics will be in...
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Chicago (USA)
13
28.26%
Madrid (SPA)
5
10.87%
Rio (BRA)
15
32.61%
Tokyo (JAP)
4
8.70%
Actually, the controversial completion of the top-secret Human Instrumentality Project will bring about the apocalyptic Third Impact, merging all human individuals into a single consummate being. Right, Hal? No games then.
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Re: Re: The 2016 Summer Olympics Thread: Where will it be?
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Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Probably Chicago because Rio just hosted the World Cup in 2014...can't give too much attention to one location in such a small span of time.
I wonder if that will have any sort of influence on the committee...
I would love to see the games come to Chicago. The global perception of the Windy City still doesn't stem too far from gangsters and grittiness...which I will say still have a presence in this city, but not even close to the degree that it was 20 years ago.
I realize that Brazil, or South America for that matter, could use an the Olympics to bolster the region...but I feel the World Cup will do that just fine.
To add that President Obama is personally heading to Copenhagen to vouch for the US bid - the first time in history that an American president has done this - only adds to the fuel.
On the other side, almost half of Chicago is against having the games here, not to mention a public transportation system that would need a complete rehaul. Plus, considering how the city is lied out, and the fact that they want to center the Olympic events down in the south side where plenty of renovation will need to occur in order to make the area look nice and pretty...the Chi definitely has a challenging argument to win.
But regardless, Rio would be a great place for it, too. No sweat off my back either way.
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Oct-01-2009 01:07
UWM
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i'll say Chicago then Bobby will have sex with all this white athlete girls
Oct-01-2009 02:40
Lira
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Re: Re: The 2016 Summer Olympics Thread: Where will it be?
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Originally posted by Echo of Silence
You accidentally what a whole paragraph?
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Originally posted by Echo of Silence
I agree that the 2016 Olympics will be in Chicago or Rio. Probably Chicago because Rio just hosted the World Cup in 2014...can't give too much attention to one location in such a small span of time.
I'd imagine so, but it also means we're certainly prepared, more than ever, to receive the Olympics.
Besides, as Connerman mentioned the Chicago bid doesn't really have much popular support, and the US has hosted the Olympics 4 times during my lifetime (and I'm not that old):
1984 - Los Angeles
1996 - Atlanta
2002 - Salt Lake City
Not to mention the fact in 1980 the Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid (couldn't they pick a more obscure city?) and there's also Vancouver in a few years (yeah, I know it's Canada but, come on, it's not really that far from the border ).
edit: Lol... I know Fox News is the best trolling experiment ever, but I actually saw this first on CNN
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Oct-01-2009 02:52
UWM
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Re: Re: Re: The 2016 Summer Olympics Thread: Where will it be?
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Originally posted by Lira
Not to mention the fact in 1980 the Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid (couldn't they pick a more obscure city?) and there's also Vancouver in a few years (yeah, I know it's Canada but, come on, it's not really that far from the border ).
Maybe this speaks to a lack of education in international geography, but I've never heard of Sochi before. (2014 Olympic Site)
Oct-01-2009 02:59
Lira
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Re: Re: Re: Re: The 2016 Summer Olympics Thread: Where will it be?
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Originally posted by UWM
Maybe this speaks to a lack of education in international geography, but I've never heard of Sochi before. (2014 Olympic Site)
Don't worry, that's because you're not Russian. The only reason why I do know about Sochi is because a Ukrainian friend of mine went there some years ago... and, at first, I thought she was talking about sushi
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Oct-01-2009 03:06
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Re: Re: Re: The 2016 Summer Olympics Thread: Where will it be?
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Oct-01-2009 03:10
lücid
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Lake Placid was recognized as the center of winter recreation in the US before the Winter Olympics were ever hosted there.
but yeah, not a very well-known fact outside of the US... or even outside of NY for that matter.
have a good one folks. Chances are I'll be dust by this point.
Nah man, not weird at all.
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Oct-01-2009 04:10
chimera66
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rio would be cool but i want chicago mainly because i would most definitely pursue a job with the organizing committee
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Oct-01-2009 04:22
Lira
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Re: Re: Re: The 2016 Summer Olympics Thread: Where will it be?
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To add that President Obama is personally heading to Copenhagen to vouch for the US bid - the first time in history that an American president has done this - only adds to the fuel.
According to NHK, all heads of state are in Copenhagen right now... should be interesting, to say the least.
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Oct-01-2009 18:23
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the only interesting olympic sport is hockey so who cares:P