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Olympics 2016
| August 4th, 2016 at 5:35:33 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
Quite likely 60 seconds more than I will watch. Only parts I like are the obscure sports you might not otherwise see, none of those will be on over the air. Like the days of "Wide World of Sports." Basketball and gymnastics are just a meh to me. The President is a fink. |
| August 4th, 2016 at 6:23:42 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4961 | I am looking forward to table tennis, wrestling, water polo, and the decathlon. Hopefully they will garner a few minutes of TV coverage. I will watch just about all of it except basketball, tennis, and golf. I get enough of those the rest of the year. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| August 4th, 2016 at 7:51:00 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
actually just about everything can be watched live and in our comfortable time zone NBC does an excellent job of broadcasting a lot live 6 cable TV outlets, NBC, NBCSPORTS, MSNBC, CNBC, BRAVO, USA Believe me, you want obscure, it will be broadcast Besides, online streaming of all events Watching Japan vs Nigeria Mens soccer live right now Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| August 5th, 2016 at 2:16:28 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
It is not worth the hassle to me to find a stream and watch on a little computer screen. It isn't that I want obscure, it is that those are all I really care about and I only care in a "well, what is this" way. I doubt I will see an hour of combine watching the whole two weeks. The President is a fink. |
| August 5th, 2016 at 6:05:30 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Summer Olympics 1904 St. Louis 1932 Los Angeles 1984 Los Angeles 1996 Atlanta 2024 LA going for a third time
Winter Olympics 1932 Lake Placid 1960 Squaw Valley 1980 Lake Placid 2002 Salt Lake City 2026 ?? 2018 Winter Olympics bidding results PyeongChang South Korea 63 Munich Germany 25 Annecy France 2022 Winter Olympics bidding results Beijing China 44 Almaty Kazakhstan 40 2026 Winter Olympics potential bids Aosta, Italy Innsbruck, Austria Dresden, Germany Lviv, Ukraine Stockholm, Sweden Switzerland Trondheim, Norway and Åre, Sweden 100 miles apart Sapporo, Japan Almaty, Kazakhstan Patagonia, Argentina Santiago, Chile Calgary, Canada * Reno–Lake Tahoe * Denver * Anchorage * Lake Placid * Bozeman |
| August 5th, 2016 at 6:27:03 AM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12506 | I'd bet Los Angeles gets it in 2024. If for nothing else, security is better in the US than any of those European cities. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| August 5th, 2016 at 8:24:27 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The LA Coliseum which opened on May 1, 1923 and was host to opening and closing ceremonies in 1932 and 1984 would also be cite for the 2024 ceremonies.  Dedeaux Field- Swimming, Diving, Synchronized Swimming (18,000) LAFC Stadium- Football (4 group matches, M/W Quarterfinal, W 3rd place, 22,000) Galen Center- Badminton, Taekwondo (6,000) Los Angeles Convention Center- Boxing (10,000); Fencing, possible Karate, (6,000); Judo, Wrestling (7,000); Handball, (12,000); Table Tennis (5,000) Staples Center- Basketball (18,000) Microsoft Theater- Weightlifting, possible Sport Climbing, (7,000) Bunker Hill- Archery (8,000) City Hall- Marathon (30,000); Race Walk (5,000); Road Cycling, Time Trial Cycling (1,000) Dodger Stadium, possible Baseball venue, 56 000 USC- Media Village Valley cluster Sepulveda Basin- Canoe Slalom (8,000); Equestrian (eventing: 20,000, jumping, dressage: 12,000); Pistol/Rifle Shooting (indoor), Modern Pentathlon (fencing) (2,000); Shooting (range events), (3,000) Coastal cluster UCLA- Field Hockey (primary: 15,000, secondary: 5,000); Indoor Volleyball (12,000); Water Polo, (possible at South Bay Cluster), (5,000); Olympic Village Santa Monica State Beach- Beach Volleyball (12,000); Triathlon (2,500); Possible Surfing, Triathlon (swimming), Open Water Swimming (5,000) South Bay cluster StubHub Center- Rugby (27,000); Tennis or Water Polo additionally (centre court: 8/10,000); BMX Cycling (6,000) VELO Sports Center- Track Cycling (6,500) Other venues City of Champions Stadium- Football (4 group matches, M/W Semifinal 1, M 3rd place; 70,000) The Forum- Gymnastics (17,500) Rose Bowl- Football (2 group matches, M/W semifinal 2, finals: 92,000) LA Waterfront- Sailing (1,000) Lake Casitas- Canoe Sprint, Rowing (12,000) Santa Monica Mountains- Mountain Biking (2,000) Wilson Golf Course- Golf (1,000) Indian Wells Tennis Garden - Alternative Tennis Venue for South Bay Cluster - Tennis (28,000) Angel Stadium of Anaheim - Possible Softball venue, 45 000 Honda Center (renamed as Anaheim Ice Stadium) - Possible 2nd Basketball venue, 16 000 Long Beach Arena - Possible 2nd Volleyball venue, 10 000 NBC Universal Studio Lot- IBC/MPC Football (Soccer) Stadiums Possible California venues (with quarterfinals) Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, 68 000 New Chargers Stadium, San Diego, 65 000 Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, 40 000 Possible Venues in other states (for example), (group matches only) Sports Authority Field at Mile High (renamed as Mile High Field), Denver, 75 000 University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Phoenix, 72 000 Century Link Field, (renamed as Seattle Stadium), Seattle, 68 000 Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Las Vegas, 40 000 Changed venues Piggyback Yard, a rail yard along the LA River, was the original proposed location for the Olympic Village. It would have been an entirely new residential development that would be permanent housing after the games. The plan was abandoned and UCLA was chosen as the new proposed location.[72] |
| August 5th, 2016 at 8:30:34 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Interesting. How come in the modern era the main venue is completed like two minutes before the opening ceremony? :) I really don't care much for the Olympics. But the controversies can be fun to follow. This time they started way early. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| August 5th, 2016 at 8:49:41 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Hungary's population has returned to what it was at the "Hungarian Revolution of 1956". They have been below replacement fertility level for over 3 decades. It has a GDP per capita similar to Poland and Greece. It's nominal GDP of the country is $138 billion or $118 billion if you are looking at stats from World Bank or IMF. The Hungarian forint is circulating some €12.2 billions, or €1,232 per capita. The official cost of the Rio Olympics remains at $12 billion, but could actually end up costing $20 billion. Does it seem crazy that Budapest is a finalist for the Olympic Games?
At least for LA many of these venues already exist. |
| August 5th, 2016 at 9:29:18 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 |
It's like staying at the Plaza... It's not much to look at, but it's already there and it's cheap. Note that Los Angeles' original bid for these games was defeated by Boston. However, Boston welched when they actually ran the numbers, and LA dusted off their old bid to represent the USA. |