2020 Summer Olympics / Games of the XXXII Olympiad bids

[Galandar]

Baku 2020 Facebook fan page has reached 50 000 likes. Together we can!

[iloveclassicrock7]

I was just reading the first page, and was wondering something. Why didn't Chicago get the 2016 olympic games ? I have heard a few different things. One of them was that the person that headed Chicago's bid did a bad job. I know that everyone though Chicago was going to win, but i guess something went wrong. Although Chicago does have a bunch of stadium's, they are very spread apart. Also, most of the Olympic games have been in America, and its suppose to be global.

I actually just read an article that explained it http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=113468287 It made a lot of sense, it was just bad planning on Chicago's part and they didn't want the Olympics to be in America, apparently because of all of our extra funds and our arrogance.

Also, Im excited for London 2012!

[swifty78]

Id still like Chicago to host one day tho, I myself always thought it was gonna come down to Chicago and Rio with a very close result.

[euroaz]

Baku has deserve to host 2020
but let's be honest

It's time to Istanbul

[vitaming]

Istanbul was one of the five most important cities in the world until the last century, when non-Turk merchants were ejected and insularity took root. It's now reintegrated with Europe and reclaiming the birthright of the east-west axis.

It's very much time to Istanbul.

[Lord David]

If Istanbul were more professional in this bid race, then maybe I'd support them. But currently they are not, especially with regards to proposed ceremonies venue, lack of bid logo (so far and the fact that they propose to unveil it in May in Quebec City, Canada, just mere days before the candidature acceptance deadline) and their ambitions for Euro 2020 (making it look like Euro 2020 is the consolation prize).

Highly unprofessional IMO.

[Turkiiish]

Originally Posted by Lord David

If Istanbul were more professional in this bid race, then maybe I'd support them. But currently they are not, especially with regards to proposed ceremonies venue, lack of bid logo (so far and the fact that they propose to unveil it in May in Quebec City, Canada, just mere days before the candidature acceptance deadline) and their ambitions for Euro 2020 (making it look like Euro 2020 is the consolation prize).

Highly unprofessional IMO.

Si ils sont choisi par la CIO, il vont annoncée le logo, slogan & leur nouveau site internet au Canada.

[Lord David]

Originally Posted by Turkiiish

Si ils sont choisi par la CIO, il vont annoncée le logo, slogan & leur nouveau site internet au Canada.

They will be chosen of course, but it seems a tad idiotic to do such a thing in event that chooses whether or not you progress to the Candidate stage.

What if the IOC becomes a bit cocky and says no? Then what? All the preparation of hiring a venue, transporting banners/sculptures etc and doing the logo video. It should have been done ages ago.

[Lord David]

Toronto Isn't bidding for the 2020 Olympics. :P

[GYEvanEFR]

Yeah! That's true! Finally, STOP talking something that ultimately never happen (here)!

[Galandar]

Eurosport on Baku Olympic Bid 2020

[CharlieLima]

How much would Azerbaijan have to invest during the next 8 years to even be near hosting the Olympics? I'm sorry but I find these candidatures from poor countries nothing else but silly.

I believe this will go rather easy to Istanbul, maybe Madrid could be a possible alternative with two straight failures, but I don't think so.

[iloveclassicrock7]

Originally Posted by swifty78

Id still like Chicago to host one day tho, I myself always thought it was gonna come down to Chicago and Rio with a very close result.

Chicago officials made some stupid last second decisions, like waiting to approve funding to the last second.

Here are a few excerpts from an article on it:

Also, the U.S. Olympic Committee seemed to go out of its way to put obstacles in Chicago's path. IOC members are not generally fond of the United States because (choose one or select all):

1. American corporate sponsorships and television contracts are the single-biggest source of Olympic funding. This is viewed by some as Olympic imperialism.

2. The U.S. is viewed as an arrogant and dominating world power generally.

3. The Olympic bribery scandal involved an American bid and resulted in humiliating hearings in the U.S. Congress (in which then-IOC-President Juan Antonio Samaranch was forced to empty his pockets at a metal detector) and a failed but embarrassing prosecution by the Justice Department.

Finally, Chicago politicians defied their reputations for political acumen by failing to guarantee Olympic funding until a few weeks before the voting. This is the most basic element of Olympic bidding: Don't leave the IOC on the hook if you don't raise enough money to pay all the Olympic bills. The failure to provide the guarantee earlier could have been viewed as classic American arrogance, as in "we like to do things our way."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=113468287

[Galandar]

Originally Posted by CharlieLima

How much would Azerbaijan have to invest during the next 8 years to even be near hosting the Olympics? I'm sorry but I find these candidatures from poor countries nothing else but silly.

I believe this will go rather easy to Istanbul, maybe Madrid could be a possible alternative with two straight failures, but I don't think so.

Only the government of Azerbaijan annually invests at least 6 bln EUR for infrastructure projects, then I don't count private investments at all. Check the country and what it does first before calling it poor

[swifty78]

wouldn't class Qatar, Turkey or Japan as poor countries either.

[Galandar]

Originally Posted by swifty78

wouldn't class Qatar, Turkey or Japan as poor countries either.

I know but in this regard the post of CharlieLima was exactly about Azerbaijan.

[CharlieLima]

Originally Posted by Galandar

Only the government of Azerbaijan annually invests at least 6 bln EUR for infrastructure projects, then I don't count private investments at all. Check the country and what it does first before calling it poor

Alright, it might be wrong calling Azerbaijan directly poor, but even if the transformation from planned economy to market based economy has worked out relatively well, they still have a long way to go to establish a well functional market economy. Of course Azerbaijan is a nation on the rise, but hosting the summer Olympics is an enormous investments that I believe only the G20 nations and the gulf states could handle.

The last smaller country since the 50's that has hosted the summer games was Greece in 04 and after that, most of the venues have been left in Athens without any tenants or anything. This will probably be the case in Baku aswell which wouldn't be positive for the country at all in the long-term.

[Galandar]

Originally Posted by CharlieLima

The last smaller country since the 50's that has hosted the summer games was Greece in 04 and after that, most of the venues have been left in Athens without any tenants or anything. This will probably be the case in Baku aswell which wouldn't be positive for the country at all in the long-term.

Athens' biggest mistake was a big number of permanent venues without any legacy mode. Baku 2020 has a completely different approach in this regard. Could you please check its bid book first before argumenting on those things?

[Lord David]

There was legacy for Athens eventually, but they shouldn't have gone ahead with building so many venues without clear then and there legacy for them and just letting them sit empty (until someone bought them essentially) immediately after the Olympics.

[Looker]

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