The 2016 Olympics Coming To The New World ?

[Admiral Yi]

Don't look at me.  I lifted it from Guller.

[DGuller]

Sav, why has it been so long since Detroit made a bid?  Why not try again now?  I mean, soon there will lots of open space on which to build in Detroit, yes?

Not only that; there would be records set in the marathon; since the Detroit marathon route takes one through areas that encourages one to run as quickly as possible.

[Fireblade]

Well, this clears the way for the 2020 Tulsa Olympics.

http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/olympic_bids/future_bids_2016/1216134562.html

[Valmy]

Well, this clears the way for the 2020 Tulsa Olympics.

'Ok you know that people say that Tulsa is the Paris of Oklahoma!'

'What?  Who says that?'

'Um...people who have never been to Paris?'

[Fireblade]

Well, this clears the way for the 2020 Tulsa Olympics.

'Ok you know that people say that Tulsa is the Paris of Oklahoma!'

'What?  Who says that?'

'Um...people who have never been to Paris?'

lol, my college town (Conway) has been called "the Athens of Arkansas".

Presumably because everyone there is a wino sodomite.

[Agelastus]

Good for Chicago for dodging this mess. Would have been an expensive mess,  though the, or we, taxpayers would have wound up bailing them out, while the connected people pulling the strings made big bucks via that corrupt Chicago political machine. Apparently many cities wind up losing money hosting the Olympics.

You need watch a little less Glen Beck.

Nah, I heard problems over money spending discussed elsewhere. Being expensive for various reasons, and that isn't something I realized before. I figured Olympic games were a great money maker for a city.

Athens certainly lost money. I think Sydney made money.

Since Beijing was more about politics than sport, I don't think it matters if the Games held there made money or not.

[Eddie Teach]

When judging if the Olympics make or lose money, are we talking the local government or the local economy as a whole?

[dps]

lol, my college town (Conway) has been called "the Athens of Arkansas".

Presumably because everyone there is a wino sodomite.

I thought that your drug of choice was pot, not alcohol.

[garbon]

Yay for Brazil. They seem so happy which wouldn't have really happened had it been the US.

[Admiral Yi]

CNN had a panel discussion of the impact of the decision on Obama's standing.  Seriously slow news day.

[MadImmortalMan]

Indeed.  While the Winter Olympics are huge, the Summer ones read like a copy of Obscure Sports Quarterly, with a crappy basketball tournament tacked on.

Albertville, Nagano, Lake Placid? Those are hardly metropoli.

Not just conservatives are happy about it. Chicago would have killed Tahoe's chances for the 2018 Winter Games. Harry Reid is secretly pleased.