Dubai 2020 World Expo Bid And Dubai 2024 Summer Olympics Bid News

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Ahmad attends meeting in Paris alongside four rivals to host the six-month event

WAM
Published: 11:43 November 23, 2012


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Shaikh Ahmad and Reem Al Hashimi at a previous event in Paris.


The UAE delegation attended the General Assembly meeting of the Bureau International des Expositions along with the delegations from the other four countries bidding to host 2020 World Expo on Thursday. Delegations from 161 member countries are participating in the meeting.

The World Expo, one of the oldest and largest international events established before a century and a half, takes place every five years in different cities around the globe and lasts for six months. It has never been hosted so far by an Arab country in its history of over 150 years.

Dubai is one of five cities competing to host the World Expo in 2020. The other candidate cities include: Ayutthaya (Thailand); Ekaterinburg (Russia); Izmir (Turkey); and Sao Paulo (Brazil).

The chairman of the Higher Committee for Hosting the 2020 World Expo in Dubai made a final inspection of the UAE pavilion running concurrently with the General Assembly meetings. The pavilions at the exhibition showcase the infrastructure of each bidding city to substantiate its claim of the ability to host the global event. The exhibition is part of the effort to win the votes of the 161 member states in the amalgamation.


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Expo 2020 team reveal plans for Dubai Trade Centre-Jebel Ali to support country’s 2020 World Expo bid
By StaffPublished Friday, November 23, 2012


An artist’s rendering of the Dubai, UAE, Expo 2020 site at night (SUPPLIED)

In a major step for the UAE’s 2020 World Expo campaign, the Expo 2020 team unveiled the masterplan for Dubai Trade Centre-Jebel Ali, the proposed site to host the six-month event if the country’s bid is successful.


The site was selected due to its strategic location, equidistant between Dubai and Abu Dhabi and adjacent to the Dubai World Central airport and Jebel Ali Port, providing ease of access for the millions of international and local visitors expected.

The unveiling took place in Paris, France, during a presentation at the 152nd General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the intergovernmental body in charge of overseeing the bidding, selection and organisation of World Expos.

The site masterplan, which was designed by HOK, Populus and Arup, is a manifestation of the country’s Expo bid theme: Connecting Minds, Creating the Future. At the core of the site isan open plaza called Al Wasl (“the connection”) – a historical name for Dubai, and branching out from the plaza are three main zones that symbolise the bid’s sub themes of sustainability, mobility and opportunity. Inspired by traditional Arab souks, the site integrates the UAE’s unique architectural heritage and environment of vibrancy and trade with the requirements of the Expo to foster the fundamental principles of innovation, partnership and collaboration between participants and visitors.

Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State and Managing Director of the Higher Committee for Hosting the 2020 World Expo in Dubai, highlighted the site’s visitor capacity and plans for its long-term use after 2020.

“Today, we are very pleased to share the masterplan for Dubai Trade Centre-Jebel Ali, our proposed site to host the 2020 World Expo,” she said.

“This 438-hectare site will be one of the largest ever used for a World Expo and will ensure an unforgettable experience for the event’s 25 million visitors, who will collectively make upwards of 33 million visits. Throughout the development process, we have also sought to ensure that the site will serve as a permanent attraction beyond 2020 and will enhance further the UAE’s long-term appeal as a premier destination for high-profile global events.”


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The Gala was part of the run up to Dubai’s Expo 2020 presentation
By Scott Shuey, Deputy Business Editor
Published: 18:46 November 22, 2012


Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Higher Committee on Expo 2020, hosted a gala event at the National Academia of Music in Paris on Wednesday.

The Gala was part of the run up to Dubai’s Expo 2020 presentation on Thursday.

Visitors to the gala event toured an exhibition showcasing Dubai’s bid to host the Expo, including the city’s position as a aviation hub and a tourism destination. The exhibition also showcased art work, poetry and videos about Dubai created by selected UAE residents.

Shaikh Ahmad, who is also the Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates airline and Group, welcomed those attending and thanked them for supporting Dubai’s bid, while Reem Al Hashemi, UAE Minister of State, gave a speech in French.

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Vincent Gonzales Loscertales, who heads the International Exhibition Bureau selection committee, said Dubai’s bid is looking very strong.

“The UAE is a very strong contender,” he said. He named Dubai’s position as a travel hub, its expertise in hosting international events, and an excellent professional team.


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Surprises sprung during Paris presentation include subway system for exhibition area

By Scott Shuey, Deputy Business Editor
Published: 15:54 November 23, 2012


Paris: Microsoft founder Bill Gates has endorsed the UAE’s bid to host the Expo 2020, it was announced in Paris on Thursday evening.

UAE’s presentation to the International Exhibition Bureau to host the Expo 2020 included a few surprises on Thursday, such as a subway system for the exhibition area and a personal endorsement from Gates.

All five of the cities bidding for the event gave 20-minute presentations at the Paris Headquarters of The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Thursday. UAE’s presentation was given by Reem Al Hashemi, Minister of State. The UAE delegation to the IEB was lead by Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Expo 2020 Higher Committee.

“We are proud of history, but we also have a clear vision of our future,” Al Hashemi said. “We are committed to delivering an unforgettable World Expo.” She also called it “the whole nation’s bid”.


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The surprise event of the show was the appearance of Microsoft Founder Bill Gates, who is also the founder and co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private foundation. Gates spokes of his visit to the 1964 world’s fair in Seattle, and the effect that it had on sparking innovation in the Seattle area.

Gates also gave his personal endorsement of Dubai’s bid, saying the city “would be a great location to host a World Expo”.

Al Hashemi said if Dubai wins its bid for the Expo, it would tentatively be scheduled for October 21 and run until April 21, with the event’s ending coinciding with the being of the celebration for the UAE’s 50th National Day.

After the Expo is finished, Dubai plans to turn the pavilion grounds into a research and development centre or a University.

Dubai is scheduled to present its completed dossier for its Expo 2020 bid on December 3, at which time additional information, such as the proposed budget to build the exhibition centre and upgrade any infrastructure, would be announced.

This was the third set of presentations to the International Exhibition Bureau. Two more presentation are scheduled before the announcement of the winner, which is likely to happen in October 2013.

Other cities competing to host the Expo 2020 include Sao Paulo, Brazil; Ayatthaya, Thailand; Izmir, Turkey, and Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Many at the conference have written off Brazil’s chances of winning their Expo 2020 bid because the country’s winning bids for the Olympics Games and Fifa World Cup.

Of the remaining three, Al Tayer said Ekaterinburg and Izmir offer the toughest competing bids.

“Are all them are strong, but Russia and Turkey are our biggest competitors.”


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Secret Expo 2020 subway system!!

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An artist’s impression of the masterplan of the Expo 2020. Dubai’s bid focused heavily on the city’s ability to bring in visitors. According to the presentation, two-thirds of the world’s population lives within eight hours of Dubai.




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Shaikh Ahmad speaks to Vicente González Loscertales, who heads the International Exhibition Bureau selection committee.





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Reem Al Hashemi makes the presentation bid for the UAE on hosting the World Expo 2020.



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The subway system sounds like an excellent idea!

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also correct me if im wrong...wuldnt the 50th national day be in 2021...

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Originally Posted by THE DUBAI GUYS

also correct me if im wrong...wuldnt the 50th national day be in 2021...

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Correct! That's why they want it so badly

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Friday 07th December 2012

Dubai will bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics as soon as an expected go-ahead from the government comes through, a top official of the UAE National Olympic Committee said.

"Our bidding has started already," Abdulrahman Falaknaz, the NOC finance director, told The National newspaper.

"The UAE has the infrastructure, capability, manpower and know-how to host such events. There is pressure on cities when they host huge events like the Olympics, but Dubai and the UAE can take it."

Falaknaz revealed that representatives from Dubai have been consulting senior figures from past Olympic host cities such as Sydney and London.

"Everybody has to learn all the time, and we are learning," he said.

Falaknaz was a guest at the Host Cities Summit, a gathering in Dubai of some of the world's leading sports administrators to discuss emerging nations hosting top sports events.

TravelMole was a media partner of the event.

Advice at the summit was given to countries or cities that hope to attract top events.

"The storyline has changed when it comes to staging sporting events," said Dr Danny Jordaan, who was crucial in bringing the 2010 World Cup soccer to South Africa.

"Now and in the future it will be about emerging nations.

"The economic growth of a city should be linked to staging big events, otherwise it's a questionable investment," Jordaan said.


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Dec 6, 2012

The mayor of Athens during the 2004 Summer Games and a top executive of the tourism arm of the London 2012 Olympics have given a thumbs up to the idea of a Summer Olympics in Dubai in 2024.

"We were the smallest country to get the Olympic Games," said Dora Bakoyannis, the only woman to be mayor of a city hosting the Olympics. "People thought we could never manage. We had to tell them that would succeed and we did."

She sees similarities with Dubai.

"Dubai has a lot of experience. There is a very good infrastructure with hotels; the roads are big enough so that you can have the extra Olympic lanes. That was a big problem in London. And looking at what I've seen here, I don't think the venues will be a problem for Dubai."

Bakoyannis spoke to The National following the second day of the Host Cities Summit in Dubai.

"The bidding process is very tough and very difficult," she said. "A lot of countries and good cities participate, but there is always an advantage when you are new because you have the bonus that it's your first time and you are not on your second or third bidding round."

Staging another event can help.

"It will be important if Dubai gets the World Expo (in 2020) and this would be a test event. That would be a plus because when you stage two events you have the benefits of two and the cost of one. You also keep the momentum. I think [Dubai] can do it."

If Dubai were to bid, questions will be asked about the suitability of staging an Olympics in the summer where temperatures average 33°C.

"The date would have to be changed and that would be an important decision which would be decided with the IOC," Bakoyannis said. "You cannot do it in August, it's clear, but you can do it in winter, the athletes could come in January."

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WHere will this be located?

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Originally Posted by smussuw

WHere will this be located?

Behind downtown Jebel Ali somewhere, sandwiched somewhere between JAFZA South and DWC....

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Cool new bid video from Dubai: "The Dubai Expo 2020 bid film – People of the UAE"

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Another fantastic video for DUBAI 2020



And this one is just freakishly cool

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 7:58am EST
GB Staff


Seventy-two per cent of those polled across the Middle East and North Africa by pollster YouGov said they would welcome a Dubai bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, rising to 75 per cent among respondents from the UAE, reports 7DAYS.
Seventy-eight per cent of those polled said they think Dubai has the infrastructure necessary to host the Olympics.

UAE residents polled in the survey felt an Olympic Games in Dubai would have to be moved to a cooler time of the year. Dubai-based fitness expert Tom Woolf reportedly said making marathon runners or dressage horses compete in sizzling temperatures wouldn't be safe, but added that a successful bid would "change the face of sport in the UAE".

He said, "funding for sport here would increase dramatically. Dubai 2024 would be an incredible incentive for an eight, 10 or 12-year-old to take up a sport and pitch for the podium place".


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Thursday, January 10, 2013
7DAYS

Dubai has outdone its Expo 2020 rivals on the web, according to a report released by an independent consultant.

Turkey-based social media specialist Simone Favaro, who conducted research on ‘How candidates use the web for internationalisation’, found that the emirate has the best virtual positioning of all cities bidding to host the Expo.

“Dubai is the most active online with the highest rank on search engine, the largest number of fans and followers on facebook and Twitter,” revealed Favaro.

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Private country reception planned during WEF annual meeting
By Staff

Published Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Dubai UAE Expo 2020 team will welcome delegates, including diplomats and officials, to a private country reception held during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

The reception highlights the opportunity represented by the UAE’s bid, not only for the country itself, but for economies in the region and globally. Dubai Expo 2020 would be the most international World Expo in history with 70 per cent of the 25 million expected visitors coming from outside the host nation, providing participants with unprecedented global exposure.

A model of the Dubai Expo 2020 site will be on display showing how the theme, “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future,” has been fully integrated into the master plan with a layout designed to facilitate interaction and collaboration.


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I hope that pictures of the model are released soon!!!

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Private country reception planned during WEF annual meeting
By Staff

Published Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Dubai UAE Expo 2020 team will welcome delegates, including diplomats and officials, to a private country reception held during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

The reception highlights the opportunity represented by the UAE’s bid, not only for the country itself, but for economies in the region and globally. Dubai Expo 2020 would be the most international World Expo in history with 70 per cent of the 25 million expected visitors coming from outside the host nation, providing participants with unprecedented global exposure.

A model of the Dubai Expo 2020 site will be on display showing how the theme, “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future,” has been fully integrated into the master plan with a layout designed to facilitate interaction and collaboration.


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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/newrep...eply&t=1512711


I hope that pictures of the model are released soon!!!

I hear some extremely cool photos are part of that exhibit