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Galaxy
09-07-2013, 11:44 PM
Not really a surprising choice considering the problems with Spain and Turkey, thought it is a bit surprising to have back-to-back Olympic events in one concentrated region (not even Asia, but the Far East).

Tokyo Chosen to Host 2020 Summer Olympics - WSJ.com (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324123004579061322925166860.html?mod=WSJ_hppMIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond)
whomario
09-08-2013, 04:03 AM
well, itīs not that unheard of really. There was Spain and France within the same year in 92, Italy and Greece in 04/06. Lake Placid and LA, too.
There was also supposed to be Montreal and Denver in 1976 (but the people in Colorado decided not to fund it)

Asia and especially Japan/Korea get more and more attractive for big time sporting events with their great infrastructure and financial backing.
spleen1015
09-08-2013, 07:15 AM
Hopefully this is a sign that baseball & softball will be back in the Olympics as well.
sterlingice
09-08-2013, 09:10 AM
Now with glow in the dark water!

I'm cool with the choice. I would like to see Istanbul get an Olympics one of these days. I think they deserve to have one and the infrastructure and economic impact would be good for them. Anyone who thinks Turkey is some "backwater Middle Eastern country" is sorely mistaken.

SI
britrock88
09-08-2013, 12:33 PM
Hopefully this is a sign that baseball & softball will be back in the Olympics as well.

Will you settle for wrestling?
spleen1015
09-08-2013, 05:27 PM
Will you settle for wrestling?

Nope. Lame.
Galaxy
01-08-2015, 10:12 PM
USOC selects Boston as its bid for 2024.
DaddyTorgo
01-08-2015, 10:16 PM
I said to TK...I'm torn.

It'd be cool, but it'll be a massive boondoggle for corruption and more runaway spending.

So yeah...I dunno.

Then again, 10 years is a long ways away.
Izulde
01-08-2015, 10:33 PM
Awesome. Tokyo is a fun as hell city.
BishopMVP
01-08-2015, 11:02 PM
I said to TK...I'm torn.

It'd be cool, but it'll be a massive boondoggle for corruption and more runaway spending.

So yeah...I dunno.

Then again, 10 years is a long ways away.Yeah. We actually do have most of the infrastructure and existing stadiums (Harvard Stadium, Nickerson, hopefully a Revs stadium in the seaport), so if they were fine with Foxboro being the main stadium I'd be fine with it, but any attempt to put a 60,000+ seat stadium near downtown is a huge joke and will be a complete waste of space since Kraft will never move the Patriots there now that he has all that commercial development in Foxboro. Otherwise, sure, why not - there's gonna be a shit ton of corruption surrounding Seaport development anyway, maybe an Olympic push would let them actually focus on making it a cohesive whole instead of going neighborhood by neighborhood and fighting each small zoning board.
Izulde
01-08-2015, 11:13 PM
Now with glow in the dark water!

I'm cool with the choice. I would like to see Istanbul get an Olympics one of these days. I think they deserve to have one and the infrastructure and economic impact would be good for them. Anyone who thinks Turkey is some "backwater Middle Eastern country" is sorely mistaken.

SI

Istanbul would be an interesting choice. Turkey is an awesome country, and very underrated as a travel spot IMO.
Lathum
01-09-2015, 06:13 AM
I said to TK...I'm torn.

It'd be cool, but it'll be a massive boondoggle for corruption and more runaway spending.

So yeah...I dunno.

Then again, 10 years is a long ways away.

After the way the Big Dig went what could possibly go wrong?
Dutch
01-09-2015, 06:22 AM
Awesome. Tokyo is a fun as hell city.

Agreed!

Istanbul would be an interesting choice. Turkey is an awesome country, and very underrated as a travel spot IMO.

Agreed again!
flere-imsaho
01-09-2015, 07:29 AM
Honestly, I think Boston's a better choice for the Winter Olympics than the Summer ones.
BishopMVP
01-09-2015, 03:03 PM
Honestly, I think Boston's a better choice for the Winter Olympics than the Summer ones.I'd like it, but where would you put the skiing events? Sunday River/Mt. Snow are like 4 hours away and I'm not sure they're big enough for the downhill. Killington/Jay Peak are like 8 hours away.
flere-imsaho
01-12-2015, 02:10 PM
The skiing you put at Sugarloaf, which is plenty big and also has a very big area for the nordic events. Yes, it's like 8 hours from Boston, but just get over the fact that people won't be going back-and-forth daily and it'll be fine.

Of course, I'm biased. :D
DaddyTorgo
01-12-2015, 02:12 PM
The skiing you put at Sugarloaf, which is plenty big and also has a very big area for the nordic events. Yes, it's like 8 hours from Boston, but just get over the fact that people won't be going back-and-forth daily and it'll be fine.

Of course, I'm biased. :D

Works for me. And with the Olympics now saying that they're okay with "regional bids" I don't think they'd even bat an eye at that.
BishopMVP
01-12-2015, 03:14 PM
Works for me. And with the Olympics now saying that they're okay with "regional bids" I don't think they'd even bat an eye at that.I've often wondered why you couldn't do a combined Boston/NYC/(Hartford) bid, or like Philadelphia/Washington/(Baltimore). Maybe it would hurt the Olympic Village experience to be split up into two parts, but it would pretty much eliminate any need to build venues.
Young Drachma
01-12-2015, 07:16 PM
I'd like it, but where would you put the skiing events? Sunday River/Mt. Snow are like 4 hours away and I'm not sure they're big enough for the downhill. Killington/Jay Peak are like 8 hours away.

Umm..it's 3 hours to Burlington from Boston, so now way Killington is EIGHT hours away. It's like 3.5 hours.
BishopMVP
01-12-2015, 10:27 PM
Umm..it's 3 hours to Burlington from Boston, so now way Killington is EIGHT hours away. It's like 3.5 hours.Wow, Google Maps has it under 3 hours (given no traffic and good road conditions). Could've sworn it was more, probably because I've only ever driven up there from WMass, (where's its still a 3 hour drive) but 93/89 cut right to it.

You've definitely convinced me - forget the Summer Olympics and let's do a combined Boston/Killington bid for the winter Olympics!
miami_fan
07-27-2015, 02:22 PM
USOC selects Boston as its bid for 2024.

Never mind.

Boston out as U.S. candidate to host 2024 Olympics after USOC severs ties (http://espn.go.com/boston/story/_/id/13326675/boston-us-candidate-host-2024-olympics-usoc-severs-ties)
Logan
07-27-2015, 02:22 PM
Good job by Boston.
BillJasper
07-27-2015, 04:06 PM
Good job by Boston.

Seems like the politicians were doing their job for once...

Earlier Monday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced he would not be pressured into signing the host-city contract that puts the city on the hook for any cost overruns. Gov. Charlie Baker had been unwilling to pledge his support, waiting instead to see a full report from a consulting group that wasn't scheduled to be completed until next month.
JonInMiddleGA
07-27-2015, 04:18 PM
Seems like the politicians were doing their job for once...

Or were they?

I mean, if the outside analysis (which will still be completed & presumably paid for) was so critical for the governor to see before committing the state then why was it either requested too late or contracted insufficiently as to be ready in a timely fashion?

I'm not fan of Olympic hosting -- found the experience in Atlanta to be mildly annoying & not particularly interesting frankly -- but this seems more like a botched keystone cops effort than a well considered job well done by anybody.