STORM2K

I'm not sure if there has already been a topic on this. If so, I apologise.

With the IOC due to make a decision later this year on who will be hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, who do you guys think will get it? Do you think it will go to London, Paris, Madrid, New York or Moscow?

Hope we get it but I can see it going to Paris.

You are lucky you can't pick up BBC London, I'm fed up with people on their complaining that they don't want the Olympics.....

I say New York.

How many times have the USA had summer and winter Olympics over the last few years though? We haven't had the Olympics since 1948.

I can certainly see the Olympics going to a European venue. The only candidate outside of Europe is New York, and as P.K. said, America has hosted a lot of events in recent years.

I don't see New York getting it... I'm hoping for London.

London or Paris

I would say Dallas, but the mayor there would be so uptight about noise after 9:00PM.

So uptight, she'll call 911 on a person sleeping in the woods.

P.K. wrote:Hope we get it but I can see it going to Paris.

You are lucky you can't pick up BBC London, I'm fed up with people on their complaining that they don't want the Olympics.....

Actually, we do get your News on BBC America (those of us with Satellite or Cable, that is).

Jeny

The 2008 Summer Olympics will be in Beijing, China so i think the 2012 Olympis will be held in Moscow.

FWBHurricane wrote:The 2008 Summer Olympics will be in Beijing, China so i think the 2012 Olympis will be held in Moscow.

Hope things go well over in China then for the games...over at the Political Arena Forum some of the headlines don't sound good.

Maybe we should make a poll for this question?

If things go downhill in China, we could just boycott the 2008 Olympics like we did when the Olympics were held in the USSR.

JenyEliza wrote:

P.K. wrote:Hope we get it but I can see it going to Paris.

You are lucky you can't pick up BBC London, I'm fed up with people on their complaining that they don't want the Olympics.....

Actually, we do get your News on BBC America (those of us with Satellite or Cable, that is).

Jeny

You won't get the local news though. It isn't as bad on the national news.

Is there much opposition to it?

A few stupid locals who don't seem to want it.*

*Note: I can't see any reason why we wouldn't want it here though.

They need to have Twenty20 cricket at Lords rather than archery though......

When I went to barcelona last weekend, you could see the city was riding on the wave from the games they held in 1992. The games are a great thing to have.

James wrote:When I went to barcelona last weekend, you could see the city was riding on the wave from the games they held in 1992. The games are a great thing to have.

Say, how was that Barcelona Trip?

1992-2008 Summer Olympics
92 Barcelona (Europe)
96 Atlanta (North America)
00 Sydney (Australia/Oceania)
04 Athens (Europe)
08 Beijing (Asia)

In order from Most to Least Likely:

1. New York (America)
Reason: It has been 4 games since an American city has hosted it.

2. London (Europe-West)
Reason: It is further from the last regional host city (Athens), and sports a different culture, however, it is still within the European region.

3. Paris (Europe-West)
Reason: It is in the Western European area.

4. Madrid (Europe-West)
Reason: Mediterranean city, very similar to Athens 2004.

5. Moscow (Europe-East)
Reason: It is in the same region as Athens 2004 and held then Olympics in 1980.

Also to note:

Winter Olympic sites

94 Lillehammer (Europe)
98 Nagano (Asia)
02 Salt Lake City (America)
06 Turin (Europe)
10 Vancouver (America)
-Odds are the next Winter Olympics host city will be in Asia. Normally, they select Winter and Summer sites separately, so I do not think that 02/10 would be a limiting factor for NYC in 12-

When can the USA host again? I thought it was later then 2012. I might be wrong though.