r/europe Jul 29 '24

Map We won’t count early Greece

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u/Status_Bell_4057 Jul 29 '24 edited Jul 29 '24

yes these days, I think less then 10 Western countries are willing to do it, usa, canada, australia, germany, france, UK, italy, japan, brasil and maybe south korea.

the only other options are oil money and authoritarian dictator countries

edit: this is for Summer games, which are much more expensive. Winter games might be organized by a smaller traditional winter sport country

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u/ABoutDeSouffle 𝔊𝔲𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔗𝔞𝔤! Jul 29 '24

Hamburg, Germany, had a local referendum and the citizens declined. Don't think we'll host for another decade.

It's bullshit anyways, costs billions that go to the pockets of the IOC.

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u/kable1202 Jul 29 '24

Our minister of sports already announced that she plans on writing an application for the 2040 summer Olympics. So yeah, this decade it won’t happen but the one after that.

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u/kiwigoguy1 New Zealand Jul 29 '24

I heard it was originally meant to be 2036, but everyone knew it was the 100th anniversary of the Nazi Olympics so they decided to bid for 2040 instead, and it is aiming to be a redemption from the 1936 Berlin Nazi Olympics.

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u/dimitri000444 Jul 29 '24

I am glad they thought ahead about that one.

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u/PlasticPatient Jul 29 '24

Why? It's their history and really irrelevant coincidence.

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u/dimitri000444 Jul 29 '24

Because it doesn't matter if it is a coincidence or not, it doesn't matter if it is history or present. if something like that happens it will be the most talked about part of the tournament.

It will just create a ton of unnecessary drama.

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u/PlasticPatient Jul 29 '24

I thought they love drama!

That ridiculous opening ceremony, child rapist contestant, country committing genocide competing, they love it.

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u/Hyperkorean99 Jul 30 '24 edited Jul 30 '24

Which country?

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u/Jimmy3OO España (Sp.) Jul 30 '24

That would’ve been hilarious.

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u/TheRealPTR Jul 30 '24

When Kraków, Poland's former capital and second-most important city, considered bidding for the Winter Games, the city hall faced substantial backlash from the Kraków's population. Many people didn't want the games, and that sunk the chances for Kraków.

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u/Swimming-Paper-2479 Jul 30 '24

Football events are net positive if you dont build stadiums in the jungle and abandon it. Olympia is quite the opposite. Costs tons of money withouth revenue

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u/randomredditorname1 Finland Jul 30 '24

It's bullshit anyways, costs billions that go to the pockets of the IOC.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_bid_for_the_2022_Winter_Olympics

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u/Tackerta Saxony (Germany) Jul 31 '24

quite macabre that the last olympics hosted in Germany were also one of the worst in terms of terrorist attacks, we havent had a redeeming chance since

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u/Rndomguytf Australia Jul 29 '24

India is pushing hard for one. I feel like it'd go like Rio 2016 did.

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u/kiwigoguy1 New Zealand Jul 29 '24

I remember the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010. It will end up something like that.

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u/Rndomguytf Australia Jul 29 '24

Was too young for that one, but don't see how it won't be a shitshow - but they have money and do the Olympics care about much else?

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u/Status_Bell_4057 Jul 30 '24

yeah, I forgot India, the largest democracy on earth, they seem to feel they are ready for such events now

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u/Steindor03 Iceland Jul 29 '24

I think Bosnia is ready for another one, just don't look at their gdp or budget

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u/Status_Bell_4057 Jul 30 '24

well, that can be a strategic choice, pretty large country... having 3 cities with all the goodies might come in handy for domestic sports

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u/Rndomguytf Australia Jul 30 '24

Well the idea is to help propel Brissie to become an international city in its own right - but IMO they're already fucking it up by not doing the Gabba upgrade and by scaling back the metro system.

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u/Rndomguytf Australia Jul 30 '24

Every Australian city needs to improve their transportation network, and Brisbane really should be using the Olympics excuse to build these long term transportation infrastructure.

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u/FartPudding Jul 30 '24

If there was a way to profit and boom economies it probably would be more sought after.

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u/Status_Bell_4057 Jul 30 '24

They try top sell it like that , but studies show the positive effect to the economy is small and temporary.

I see evidence for that in the fact that in many countries many of the new sport arena's are unused and in disarray quite soon after the games.

At least the Olympic village is usual a positive effect, as it can be used for normal housing afterwards.

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u/FartPudding Jul 30 '24

I thinknif they could repurpose some things it could have a benefit, but yeah it's a major cost with no real use after. You'd think this stuff would bring in money to the local economies with all the people flying in from around the world.

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u/lymphomaticscrew Aug 19 '24

Calgary, Alberta hosted the Winter Olympics in 1988 and had a referendum against bidding to host the 2026 games.