AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
This just in: Boston isn't bidding.
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Not quite. It's only a letter of intent that has to be in by September. The actual bid is due later - sometime in 2016, I think.Alright, summer is over for Toronto City Council and the Province, we have just a month and a half to submit the bid if we want the 2024 games.
And that's why the letter of intent is pretty much a given - the only cost to submit is a US$150k deposit and the price of a stamp. Tory will approve the letter saying that it gives time for a full assessment.Not quite. It's only a letter of intent that has to be in by September. The actual bid is due later - sometime in 2016, I think.
Not quite. It's only a letter of intent that has to be in by September. The actual bid is due later - sometime in 2016, I think.
As to Paris I could be mean and bring up the issue of security - and the periphery.
Boston isn't our competition - it's Paris.
They've got the whole sentimental thing working for them.. 100 years since the last Paris Olympics.
Well Boston isn't our competitors any more.
One thing we would still have going for us is we're still in North America, next door to the largest market for sports viewers that can bolster our bid. The "sentimental thing" of it being 100 years since Paris last Olympics is nice and all, but the IOC isn't in it for the sentimental business, it's in it to make money. Having it in Paris means another hack job by NBC airing pre-recorded events, which means less viewers, and less eyes watching thoes high price advertisement placements.
Hahahaha... you mean, like the great job we did with the G8/G20? When did my fellow French citizens get a bad rap on security at sports stadiums?
http://metronews.ca/voices/torys-to...-the-games-toronto-should-host-a-fakelympics/
Big fan of Matt Elliott's plan -- I'd be happy to volunteer for the fake Rugby 7s...
I think the interesting thing about an Olympic bid is that the IOC provides the winning city with $1.5 Billion.
It's something that nobody seems to mention when discussing the cost of hosting the Olympics. Yes, the costs are quite large, however, $1.5 Billion is also quite a large amount of money. Assuming that a majority of the cost of a bid goes towards infrastructure like transit, athletes village, and sprucing up the city, that $1.5 Billion can almost make hosting these games worth it. Especially since we will likely be re-using existing facilities for the most part.
Ask people in London if they think that $1.5B really sweetened the deal.