Where should the 2016 Olympics be held?

Where should the 2016 Olympics be held

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And in 2014 the World Cup will be held in Brazil. Wouldn't it be a tad too much to also have the Olympics here? I think so.

World Cup in Brazil will be the coolest WC ever held anywhere. We know all about soccer and fun, fun with soccer, everything related to soccer and much fun. But the Olympics?? Dunno.
 
Luciana said:
And in 2014 the World Cup will be held in Brazil. Wouldn't it be a tad too much to also have the Olympics here? I think so.

World Cup in Brazil will be the coolest WC ever held anywhere. We know all about soccer and fun, fun with soccer, everything related to soccer and much fun. But the Olympics?? Dunno.
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Brazil is into soccer? No way.:rolleyes:

Actually having the World Cup might help in that many venues and organizational skills necessary for it would help with the Olympics but the decision on where the 2016 will be held will be made long before that.

A big factor for the IOC will be issues of capability and while I don't think there's any doubt on the capability of Tokyo or Chicago, thanks to the huge economies of both cities, I wonder if the IOC will give Rio a fair evaluation?

Rio also has a stigma, perhaps unfairly, of being overrun with poverty and violence.
 
Travis said:
A big factor for the IOC will be issues of capability and while I don't think there's any doubt on the capability of Tokyo or Chicago, thanks to the huge economies of both cities, I wonder if the IOC will give Rio a fair evaluation?

Rio also has a stigma, perhaps unfairly, of being overrun with poverty and violence.
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I do not worry about violence. When Rio hosted the 1992 World Summit, with nearly 100 heads of State, the Army occupied some streets and suddenly this was Paradise on Earth. I remember walking through a deserted park, at midnight, carrying a big camcorder around my neck. Nowadays I wouldn't take anything flashy to that park at noon.

Poverty? Per se, it doesn't affect anything, does it? It's a fact of life here. It's not dangerous or disgusting or horrible or anything. It's just poverty.

But I really think the World Cup in Brazil is good enough.
 
Luciana said:
And in 2014 the World Cup will be held in Brazil. Wouldn't it be a tad too much to also have the Olympics here? I think so.
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It's happened before though; the Olympics and World Cup in the same country during the same Olympiad. I don't see why it couldn't happen again.

I was actually reading up on this last night and I don't think Tokyo will get it even though they got the highest score by the IOC. The vote is in 2009 and a lot of experts seem to think the IOC will be less inclined to vote for an asian city since the 2008 Olympics will be fresh in everyone's mind. Rio is a dark horse but I hope they get it. I've never been there but it seems to be a beautiful city. And they should put the Olympics in a region that's never had it before. I have a feeling Madrid is going to get it though. No reasoning behind this, just a guess.
 
Travis said:
Brazil is into soccer? No way.:rolleyes:

Actually having the World Cup might help in that many venues and organizational skills necessary for it would help with the Olympics but the decision on where the 2016 will be held will be made long before that.

A big factor for the IOC will be issues of capability and while I don't think there's any doubt on the capability of Tokyo or Chicago, thanks to the huge economies of both cities, I wonder if the IOC will give Rio a fair evaluation?

Rio also has a stigma, perhaps unfairly, of being overrun with poverty and violence.
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I'd love Rio to get it but I doubt it will happen. The IOC likes to take things like traffic, infrastructure, governmental support and existing sporting facilities into account when they decide a venue. I really doubt traffic has improved since I was last there. Unfortunately the stigma is warranted. It is overrun with poverty but it is slowly improving.

It'll likely be a tossup between Chicago and Tokyo although could still choose Madrid.
 
Won't Global Warming and the Terrorists have killed us all by 2016?
 
Aw heck, bring it back to LA! We're tan, rested, ready, and have even more venues available than back in '84.

Fordama
 
Darth Rotor said:
First Choice: The Sudan, specifically in the Darfur region. That area needs an economic shot in the arm like nobody's business. Also, not much pollution, compared to Peking or Rio.
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You don't think a couple of hundred thousand bodies rotting in the noon day sun might not qualify as pollution?
 
SezMe said:
You don't think a couple of hundred thousand bodies rotting in the noon day sun might not qualify as pollution?
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Give them a few weeks and they become valuable fertilizer.
 
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