So Obama proposes a plan to an org than is known for saddling cities in debt and they turn the plan down. Trump ‘gave them what they wanted to hear’ and got the deal done. High IQ business moves right there.
Pfft, art of the steal should be his motto, all he does is tale credit for shit other folks do
*hopefully you will not be president and by 2028 I can only assume your old ass will be pushing up daisies Rest in piss ya orange clown for ye shall not be missedb
There was literally no contest. For latest Olympics there were only two contestant cities Paris and LA. And out of fear that no city even contest for it in 2028 (as lately Olympics are a bad deal for a country, they are a money hole), they agree to preconcede LA the 2028 Olympics.
Better LA than where I live… I never want to live in an Olympic city ever.
If you live in Denver, you maybe in luck. Looks like they pissed off the IOC pretty good.
“In a statewide referendum on 7 November 1972, Colorado voters rejected funding for the games, and for the first (and only) time a city awarded the Winter Games rejected them.”
I might be missing some of the larger municipal budget stuff but as a Vancouverite, they were awesome. We now have a subway direct to the airport and through a large suburb that needed transit and expanded the highway to one of our best local ski mountain.
And damn the vibe and party was rocking.
Vancouver definitely seemed to avoid most of the negative effects most cities face. One of the rinks built for the games (The Olympic Oval i think is the official name) is now a community center with 2 hockey rinks, ~8 basketball sized multi-use courts, a fitness center, about dozen ping pong tables, and probably more I’m not aware of.
It’s quite far from where I live so I don’t use it often but last year I was part of a sports league that used the facility and I was completely blown away. On any given day there are probably 100+ people using the courts, playing basketball, volleyball etc.
The Olympics is pretty infamous for absolutely wrecking and bankrupting a city chosen to host it. I think North American cities typically break that mold but it’s usually pretty bad
Oh absolutely, I’ve heard that about a few. Just, as far as I know, it basically worked out for us. I guess I’m kinda bragging? Sorry.
LOL - The bidding process started in 2015 before Trump was even elected:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bids_for_the_2024_and_2028_Summer_Olympics
By March of 2017, there were only 2 cities in the running, Paris and Los Angeles, so they agreed to split them. Paris in 2024, Los Angeles in 2028.
Trump had fuck all to do with it as usual.
