Greece hosted the Olympic games at Athens on 2004, so the vast majority of the facilities already exist. They would probably need some renovation, but there should be no need to build new ones.
We should host the Olympics in the same place every time
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#112'How about selling a permanent site in Greece for the Summer Olympics ? An uninhabited island would be ideal, not too far from the coast accessible by ferries as well as planes.' 'The original Olympics was held in Olympia, Greece for 800 years. The changing site is a modern phenomenon used to spread support in the early stages of the modern Olympic movement. Why not return the Games to their real roots?' Good argumen…
The original Olympic games were held in honour of Zeus (God) so really the games should be held in the Mount Athos region of Greece an autonomous monastic stare in Greece. What better place to hold games originally religious in nature from Greece than this region? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Athos
What does Christianity have to do with Dodekatheism at all? Also, have you seen mount Athos? It's mainly only trees and it's very mountainous http://www.star.gr/publishingimages/2014/08/020814141543_327...
Besides, access to the region is prohibited for women and such a big event would completely fuck up their culture and lifestyle.
Re: We should host the Olympics in the same place every time
#113'How about selling a permanent site in Greece for the Summer Olympics ? An uninhabited island would be ideal, not too far from the coast accessible by ferries as well as planes.' 'The original Olympics was held in Olympia, Greece for 800 years. The changing site is a modern phenomenon used to spread support in the early stages of the modern Olympic movement. Why not return the Games to their real roots?' Good argumen…
The main problem would be the initial expenditure. Ignoring corruption overheads this wouldn't be something that Greece could afford.
Long-term it might be their saving grace, but how would they get there?
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#114May I just Godwin this thread by noting that this is not a new idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsches_Stadion
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#115May I just Godwin this thread by noting that this is not a new idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsches_Stadion
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
If a million people were displaced by the Beijing olympic games, then the Chinese Government deserves to be bashed for it.
You are absolutely right. But shall we agree that displaced is not the same as lost homes , and the latter is more emotional and less factual?
It's hard to talk facts when the chinese government refuses to share the statistics on evictions.
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#118It's not the location, but the permanent corporation that is the problem. There needs to be change in the personnel who run the IOC after every olympics.
Why not have all medal winners vote in a new board after every olympics? Gold gets 3 votes, silver 2, bronze 1. Secret ballot.
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#119I'd be all for it. A permanent site can rely on repeat business and a permanent economy can grow around it. A sort of Mecca for sports. The current process is a shambles. It's basically about telling the world how prosperous the host is, and for the IOC members it's all about milking the process for money. You end up building a ghost town someplace every four years at huge cost. I suppose the same arguments apply for…
Wouldn't having it in the same place every time make it more expensive/difficult for people to go see the games live? When the location changes every time, there will be a different set of people who go watch the games because it's nearby, but who possibly couldn't afford to (or wouldn't want to) travel to the other side of the world for them.
Distance doesn't matter that much, as olympics in general are expensive enough to make transportation not the major part of the total price.
If they were held in my home town, that would be significantly cheaper because I wouldn't have to pay for accomodation; but if they were held in a city in a few hours driving distance, then it might as well be in a different continent, the tickets+hotel+food+driving will be just a bit cheaper than tikcets+hotel+food+planes.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
Better yet, do what you can to ignore and shun these corrupt proceedings. The Olympics depends on people treating it as something special. Same for FIFA. Mock people wearing Qatar shirts, just as you would someone promoting homeopathy.
> Mock people wearing Qatar shirts, just as you would someone promoting homeopathy. I don't this ending well. First of all, the athletes should not get involved in any of this politics stuff. Second, it is well known that all the World Cup and Olympic Games tournaments post 1990 (at least) were awarded based on corruption, even the 2006 World Cup hosted in Germany. So, I don't see any reason to single out the Qataris…
Have you not read about what is going on in Qatar??