[denfromoakvillemilton]

We should do this, so we can get funding for all the major projects, like Transit City. This is the only way.

 

[nfitz]

We should do this, so we can get funding for all the major projects, like Transit City. This is the only way.

'cause that worked so well with the Pan-Am games!

 

[fanoftoronto]

'cause that worked so well with the Pan-Am games!

Wouldn't the federal government pitch in for an Olympics? Vancouver got a lot of money for the Winter Olympics, if the Summer Olympics came to Toronto, it would mean money from all levels of governments.

 

[Mystic Point]

I guess the tens of millions of people who went to the previous few Expos during the 21st century must have all been wasting their time staring at nothing.

Well here's what you get when you visit the Shanghai Expo 2010 .

The webpage promises,

" With adoption of technical fruits to create better cities, visitors will discover different fruits of civilization moving from street to street. "

Then stop at Canada's Pavillion and you get this.

" The Canada Pavilion is shaped like a looped ribbon or the letter "C". Visitors will enter through an open-air public square, the pavilion's centre piece, and then circulate through the larger structure that houses the public displays. "

Or this

" Pavilion Display

The pavilion touches upon the vitality of cities with the theme "The Living City: Inclusive, Sustainable, Creative." The pavilion is the hub of a wide array of special events and activities. The presentation aims to give a brand-new impression of Canada to visitors, replacing stereotypes of cold and vast tracts of land. "

If that doesn't grab you, try this.

" Virtual Waterfall

A "virtual waterfall" that changes its pictures when people touch it is a highlight of the pavilion. The waterfall also shows the sceneries of future cities in the imaginations of many Canadian children. "


Sounds great. Can't wait.

 

[jn_12]

It probably is great actually. Yes, the concept of a World's Fair isn't what it was, but to take snippets (particularly when there is richer and more discriptive text available) from a website that's been translated multiple times and cast the event as a bore because of it is not only ignorant (though coming from you, expected) but pretty much the essence of stupidity (again...). We get it, you're hyper-negative about everything, particularly events that attract any tiny bit of global attention. Considering 22 million people visited the last World's Fair in Japan, there must be something that that's attracting people to the event. Not much has changed between now and then, and Shanghai is certainly a far more intriguing place to visit than Aichi, so you're probably looking at a huge increase in attendance for Expo2010.

If you want to troll go elsewhere. You'd think after 200 posts of nonsense you'd get tired of it?

 

[golodhendil]

^ Couldn't have said it better. Usually people who are ignorant and stupid will think others are equally ignorant and stupid as themselves.

I'm sure Asimo and the other robots at Aichi were totally mundane and unremarkable duds that were nothing compared to the microwave oven.

 

[Mystic Point]

Here's the link to Canada's Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo.

http://en.expo2010.cn/c/en_gj_tpl_15.htm

See for yourself.

 

[golodhendil]

Trust me, many people on here are more well informed about these things than you think you are.

 

[adma]

Honestly...so what? Maybe like Pudong-esque colonies of record-breaking superscrapers, World's Fairs are the kind of ooh-aah flakefests that only make unironic sense in places like East Asia anymore...

 

[golodhendil]

So what what? So what that other cities are able to make successful expos with well defined themes and interesting things to see? Yea why should one expect Toronto to aspire to something so worldly? We are so beyond that. Pity all those Europeans who were duped into hosting these "ooh-aah flakefests" of the past/next few expos! Edmonton must be out of its mind to bid for Expo '17 (I know, many here would consider Alberta to be Canada's own nouveau riche illegitimate newcomer anyway), and look at those crazy American and Australian cities proposing bids for Expo '20! They don't know how ironied out they are going to be.

 

[Mystic Point]

Everyone loves a World's Fair.

 

[christof53]

There is a local campaign going on to try and land the 2020 summer Olympics in Toronto.

http://www.to-2020.com/

I think that Toronto definitely should try and bid for either 2020 or 2024, however I am still unsure which one is the wisest decision.

The USOC (US Olympic Committee) has already stated that they are not bidding for a summer games in 2020, and since the last North American summer Olympics would have be held 24 years ago (in 2020), a summer games in North America has a great chance of winning. The only problems would be the Pan-Am games and the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The decision for the 2020 Olympics is held in 2013, so if Toronto is chosen, the preparation will overlap with the Pan-Am games. Also, 2020 will only be 10 years after the Vancouver games, which may still be too "fresh" in the minds of IOC voters in 2013.

As for 2024, the USOC may change it's mind and decide to put forth an American bid, which would greatly hurt Toronto's chances. Another problem is that 2024 will mark the 100th year anniversary of the 1924 summer Olympics in Paris, giving Paris (assuming the 2020 olympics don't go to a European city) a great chance of winning. Another blow to Toronto's chances.

 

[Peepers]

I think we have enough on our plate without bidding for future Olympics

vote for CENTRUM TOWER http://bit.ly/cFpK9y

 

[nfitz]

Another problem is that 2024 will mark the 100th year anniversary of the 1924 summer Olympics in Paris, giving Paris (assuming the 2020 olympics don't go to a European city) a great chance of winning ...

Given Athens failure to win the 1996 games, I really can't see that who had the Olympics 100 years ago has any bearing.

 

[Mystic Point]

fanoftoronto,

The idea of getting money from all levels of government positions this cash as being theirs, or as a result of their hard work.

The money from any level of government is in fact your money, picked right out of your pocket and then usually squandered.