Adelaide for the 2036 Summer Olympics?!

[The Scooter Guy]

Maybe Adelaide could be the place for the 2036 Summer Olympic Games since 2036 is Adelaide's bicentenary!

[Norman]

You mean 200th, right?

[The Scooter Guy]

Sorry, my mistake! First post edited!

[Aidan]

Nice idea, but Olympics typically go to supercities. Olympics are very expensive, and I don't see how Adelaide can compete against several cities of over 5 million people.

[adam73837]

I also agree; nice idea.
But you know, the NIMBYs would kick up a fuss like they did with the CG if anything like this was even considered. Not that they would consider Adelaide, Brisbane has already been declared the next Australian bid, if not them, Melbourne.

[The Scooter Guy]

2012 will be in London!
Here are my predictions:
2016: Chicago
2020: Kuala Lumpur

[Shuz]

2016:
Chicago, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Rio de Janierio, Brazil

2020:
Toronto, Canada
Rome, Italy
Detroit, USA

2024:
Paris, France
Toronto, Canada

2028:
Brisbane, Australia
Amsterdam, Netherlands

[Aidan]

2020:
Toronto, Canada
Rome, Italy
Detroit, USA

ROFL

Well done, you've actually managed to identify a large city less suitable to host an Olympics than Adelaide!

Even back in its glory days it gave up after seven unsuccessful bids.

If you want an idea of where the Olympics will be in the future, take a look at http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/olympic_bi ... dex.1.html .

[Shuz]

Detroit's Olympic bids may have been unsuccessful in the past; but they attempted (something Adelaide can't say for itself) and even got so far to make the shortlist of the final selection of cities at least 5 times. Here's a little Wikipedia extract for you;

Detroit, Michigan
Detroit has made the Summer Olympic Games' final bidding election more often than any other ultimately unsuccessful bid city, participating in IOC elections for the 1944 (3rd place, behind bid winner London), 1952 (5th place), 1956 (4th place), 1960 (3rd place), 1964 (2nd place), 1968 (2nd place) and 1972 (4th place) Games. (Los Angeles has more total bids with 9, but hosted twice) If accepted as the U.S. candidate by USOC, this would be the city's eighth bid. Lower crime figures as of 2007 bring hope to a possible revitalization of the city by the early 2010s, which would be improve Detroit's prospects for the USOC competition. Soft-drink manufacturer Faygo has stepped up its efforts as major sponsor. Successful events such as Super Bowl XL have showcased Detroit as a city accustomed to hosting supersized crowds.[25] Governor Granholm is working with Detroit's mayor on a possible bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.[26][27] Also proposed is a joint bid with Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Interesting also, you mention of Detroit as a city in its "glory days" - their Olympic bids often failed because of the city's large crime rate and therefore would have posed a serious threat to spectator and athlete safety.

[The Scooter Guy]

Rio beats Madrid in final vote to win right to host 2016 Olympics

Rio de Janeiro was named host of the 2016 Olympic Games as red-hot favourite Chicago, backed by US President Barack Obama, was handed a devastating, heart-breaking snub.
Rio will be the first South American city to stage the Olympics after seeing off Madrid in the final round of voting, which followed a tense final day of lobbying of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members.
“It's unbelievable, overwhelming, spectacular,'' beamed Rio Governor Sergio Cabral after his city won the final round of voting by 66-32.
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva, whose country will also stage the 2014 football World Cup and who gave a stunning speech at the presentation, said history had been made.
“Today Rio and Brazil presented their case to the IOC and they said an overwhelming 'yes'. It's an historic day in the life of Brazil,'' he said.
“I'm 63 and have seen many things in my life and thought I could never get emotional but suddenly I'm crying more than any other person.
“You have to understand we come from a country that was colonised and so we have a habit of thinking small with the feeling that we didn't matter.
“So when Danish television had all these images of Obama arriving at Copenhagen airport this morning people said to me 'oh, he's arrived, we're going to lose'.''
Chicago was sensationally eliminated in the first round after garnering a paltry 18 votes out of 94, quickly followed by Tokyo, the only city of the four candidates to have previously hosted the Games, in the second stage.
Chicago's defeat came despite the intervention of Obama, who had flown in to appear at the city's final presentation.
But even his powerful presence, as well as the energetic lobbying of his wife Michelle, failed to sway the members.
“We fought a good fight and I am very proud of the team and the campaign,'' said Chicago bid chief Pat Ryan.
“Some you win, some you lose. That's the way it goes.
“I have no idea why we went out so early. The IOC members will have to ask themselves that question.''
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters aboard Air Force One as Obama returned home: “The president is disappointed as you might imagine.''
In Rio, tens of thousands of people partied on the iconic beach of Copacabana when IOC president Jacques Rogge revealed the winner.
Brazil football legend Pele was in tears.
“I'm a very emotional guy and I have been crying ever since I heard the result. This is a great moment not only for Brazil but for South America. In terms of how it compares to a World Cup this is like another goal,'' he said.
Henrique Meirelles, president of the Brazil Central Bank, said that they had managed to convince the IOC that they were sound financially.
“We were optimistic and very well prepared. This has been a lot of hard work but there is a lot more of that over the next seven years. Our economic situation played well.''
Madrid bid chief Mercedes Coghen, captain of the Spain field hockey team that won gold in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, accepted a painful defeat.
“I have a very sad reaction,'' said the 47-year-old. “That's the way it has got to be. It was a very good bid.''
For Madrid the presence of 89-year-old former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch helped secure vital votes.
His plea that 'his days on earth were numbered' struck a chord for many of the members who owed their positions to him during his controversial but highly successful tenure.
The elimination of Chicago and Tokyo set up an intriguing head-to-head between two of the giants of sports administration - Samaranch and former FIFA President Joao Havelange, who looking far younger than his 93 years promised to invite people to a massive party in Rio in 2016 when he will be 100.

[Omicron]

It will be a fantastic party, that's for sure, and at the end everyone will get shot or bundled into the back of a van. Olé!

[Hooligan]

It will be a fantastic party, that's for sure, and at the end everyone will get shot or bundled into the back of a van. Olé!

World sport is going to get a shock soon. Fans will have to survive South Africa next year and Brazil in both 2014 and now 2016!

Although isn't there talk of a Brisbane bid for 2024?

[Will]

Yes, God-forbid a developing country manages to stage an important event. People will also have to put up with savages shooting them with bows and arrows.

[Shuz]

I'm glad Rio got the Olympics for 2016. The culture they'll bring to the Games will be nothing short of spectacular, and you thought we had a good vibe in Mad March!

[Omicron]

Yes, God-forbid a developing country manages to stage an important event. People will also have to put up with savages shooting them with bows and arrows.

And drug cartels fighting bloody battles in the streets! And Mexican hat dances! And....and.....and.....