When will LA get the Olympics?

[112597Jorge]

When do you think LA will get the summer Olympics?

Do you think if awarded to LA, they will build a new Olympic village with new Olympic stadium and venues, and where do you think it's more likely to be built?

[pesto]

Could be a while. About 100 cities are considering applying for these games and many will argue that LA has already had then twice. On the other hand, the IOC says they are going to try to focus on cities that have the complete technical skill sets to run the games properly, which is understood to rule out many of the Asian, Latin and African countries.

[CITYofDREAMS]

100 is a bit of stretch only 5 cities applied for the 2020 games and 3 are contending. I think LA should anniversary it's first games in 2032. There is a precedent with London 2012 that a city can host the Olympics for a third time.

[112597Jorge]

Originally Posted by CITYofDREAMS

100 is a bit of stretch only 5 cities applied for the 2020 games and 3 are contending. I think LA should anniversary it's first games in 2032. There is a precedent with London 2012 that a city can host the Olympics for a third time.

So London won't be able to host anymore since it's had the Olympics three times.

[pesto]

Originally Posted by CITYofDREAMS

100 is a bit of stretch only 5 cities applied for the 2020 games and 3 are contending. I think LA should anniversary it's first games in 2032. There is a precedent with London 2012 that a city can host the Olympics for a third time.

Sure, 2032 sounds good. But check the websites; cumulatively about 100 cities have Olympic organizing committees formed or forming for the next 3 or 4 Olympics bids. I talk with foreign business people often and, if the subject comes up, there is hardly one of them that doesn't talk about bringing the Olympics, World Cup, etc., to his country. It's just a thing that sports fans everywhere love to dream about.

There are probably a dozen US cities alone that will consider bidding for one of these games. But no reason LA can't be one of them.

[klamedia]

I didn't think about a 2032 anniversary. But it would be more realistic to bet on one recognizing the '84 Olympics.

[CITYofDREAMS]

Originally Posted by klamedia

I didn't think about a 2032 anniversary. But it would be more realistic to bet on one recognizing the '84 Olympics.

And how do you do that? How do you have an Olympic Game recognizing a Previous Olympic Game? Aren't these events so unique that they get recognition on their own accomplishments, just like the 84 games?

[CITYofDREAMS]

Originally Posted by pesto

Sure, 2032 sounds good. But check the websites; cumulatively about 100 cities have Olympic organizing committees formed or forming for the next 3 or 4 Olympics bids. I talk with foreign business people often and, if the subject comes up, there is hardly one of them that doesn't talk about bringing the Olympics, World Cup, etc., to his country. It's just a thing that sports fans everywhere love to dream about.

There are probably a dozen US cities alone that will consider bidding for one of these games. But no reason LA can't be one of them.

In each of the last 6 Olympic bids there hasn't been more than 10 cities applying for the games, and some of these have done it few times. IE Madrid, Tokyo, Istanbul, Paris, Rome...etc.

[klamedia]

Originally Posted by CITYofDREAMS

I think LA should anniversary it's first games in 2032.

You said it not me.

[Mojeda101]

Farmers Field would be a great venue for the games =]

[milquetoast]

I don't think Farmers was designed to be much.

Unless Los Angeles wants to put a dress on the
Coliseum again, we are currently without venue.

[112597Jorge]

Originally Posted by milquetoast

I don't think Farmers was designed to be much.

Unless Los Angeles wants to put a dress on the
Coliseum again, we are currently without venue.

If LA gets the Olympics they should build a new Olympic stadium, expand the coliseum and redesign it. I prefer the new stadium.

[soup or man]

They could always do something like this to the Coliseum.



Or this which may or not become a reality.


And not their bullshit idea for the 2016 games.

[justinong]

Wow I've never seen that proposal for the coliseum before. Pretty glad the games didn't come to LA in 2016 if that's what we had to show for it :\ As for the the other proposal, it seems very sustainable and fits the 1984 scheme of profitability. Hooray for this metropolis!

[VZN]

@soup, I'm glad that 2016 bid did NOT happen. That is just awful, a gaudy display of short-sightedness.

In order to have the Olympics back here, we'd have to have something like rendering #2 at the least. It would have to be gutted from the inside out, but I know we can do it.

[desertpunk]

NYC has the inside track on the 2024 games if they want them. 2028 would be out of the question if either Toronto or New York get the games in 2024. So 2032 sounds right although as 1996 made clear, centennial anniversaries are not much of a determining factor in landing the games. Having $20+ billion to spend on megalomaniacal developments tailored specifically to the Olympics will get LA much further....

[milquetoast]

Originally Posted by desertpunk

Having $20+ billion to spend on megalomaniacal developments tailored specifically to the Olympics will get LA much further....

Los Angeles, like London, is a go to location.
Earning a profit for the I O C is the usual big deal.
Uh, I thought New York paid back all of their
bail out money?

[Alphaville]

Originally Posted by desertpunk

NYC has the inside track on the 2024 games if they want them. 2028 would be out of the question if either Toronto or New York get the games in 2024. So 2032 sounds right although as 1996 made clear, centennial anniversaries are not much of a determining factor in landing the games. Having $20+ billion to spend on megalomaniacal developments tailored specifically to the Olympics will get LA much further....

Precisely. Bottom line is the IOC doesn't care for centennials and sentimentalism - at the end of the day it did award a second tier American city (Atlanta) over the Olympics home-town of Athens for the 1996 centennial addition. So it's a bit rich for cities like Paris and Los Angeles to expectantly queue up to receive 2024 and 2032 respectively.

I have a feeling no matter the outcome of 2020 - if the US puts forward a city like San Francisco, Chicago, NYC or even Philadelphia for 2024 it has it in the bag. 2024 is the right time for the US.

In saying that, I'm not sure how successful Toronto would be, despite it probably being technically superior to many US options - its too soon after Vancouver 2010 and a fouth Olympics for Canada in such short space of time is lopsided.

[VZN]

Someone should rename this the official Los Angeles 2032 Olympic bid thread as of right now:

Bring Olympics back to L.A. ... in 2032, says Councilman Tom LaBonge

LOS ANGELES -- City Councilman Tom LaBonge was expected to call tomorrow for Los Angeles to bid to host a future Olympics.

An aide to LaBonge said the councilman will introduce a motion during Friday's City Council meeting calling on the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games to "explore a future bid."

The city hosted the Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984.

"Los Angeles has the weather and the history," LaBonge said in a statement. "And now, with 45 London medals to Los Angeles' name, we have the athletes, too."

LaBonge did not specify when he wants to see the games return to L.A. but floated the possibility of hosting in 2032 to mark 100 years since the city hosted its first Olympic Games.

A draft of LaBonge's motion called for the Southern California and U.S. Olympic Committees to analyze the appropriate time for the city to host the games.

"While the next opportunity to bid on the summer Olympics would be for 2024, that would mean the Olympics will not have been in the United States for 28 years since the games of Atlanta in 1996," the draft motion reads. "While other great cities of the world will be competing for consideration, perhaps from the African continent, it is the hope of Angelenos to one day host, for a third time, the Olympic Games."

LaBonge called the 1984 games, which many consider to have been a great success, "an amazing experience not only for the athletes, many of whom called Los Angeles home, but for all Angelenos to partake in a universal event that celebrated the successes of our fellow man."

LA Oympics 2032? Councilman Tom LaBonge Wants To Bring The Games Back (VIDEO)

Looks like we know who was streaming the Olympics at City Hall.

Like many Angelenos, city councilman Tom LaBonge is suffering Olympics broadcasting withdrawal -- enough that he's starting a bid to bring the games back to LA in 2032.

LaBonge announced the effort Tuesday at a city council meeting, reports KPCC. In making the case for Los Angeles, he drew attention to USC and UCLA's medal winners (25 and 12, respectively) and praised NASA's "Curiosity" mission.

The councilman is expected to present a formal motion to the city council Friday. He will call for LA to "explore a future bid," reports the Daily News.

"Los Angeles has the weather and the history," LaBonge said in a statement to the Daily News. "And now, with 45 London medals to Los Angeles' name, we have the athletes, too."

Compared to other states, California took home the most medals after the London Olympics, and Southern California did most of the heavy lifting (better luck next time, HuffPost SF).

A Facebook page from 2010 reveals that other Angelenos have been thinking about the next LA Olympics long before LaBonge was. Called, "Los Angeles 2032 Olympics," the page asks fans, "Will you stand idle, or emerge with Los Angeles"?

While it may seem strange for councilmembers and others to float Olympic bid ideas decades beforehand, a lot of infrastructure needs to be completed before hosting an event of that magnitude. The LA Coliseum opened for business in 1923, and plans for AEG's Farmers Field stadium in downtown LA still aren't a sure bet until an NFL team can commit to the city.

Of course, global competition to host the games also necessitates years of planning from the eventual host city. LaBonge alludes to this in a draft of the motion, obtained by Daily News:

"While the next opportunity to bid on the summer Olympics would be for 2024, that would mean the Olympics will not have been in the United States for 28 years since the games of Atlanta in 1996," the draft motion reads. "While other great cities of the world will be competing for consideration, perhaps from the African continent, it is the hope of Angelenos to one day host, for a third time, the Olympic Games."

LA has already hosted the Olympics twice; once in 1932 and again in 1984. If the city were to win the bid for 2032, Angelenos would also be able to mark a 100 year milestone.

[redbaron_012]

Don't forget Melbourne being the 'World's most livable city' The World's International Sporting Capital'
Held Olympics way back in 1956. A successful 2006 Commonwealth Games and is interested in holding another Olympics........and we are in the main time zone of the world. What other city has it's Olympic park with walking distance to everything ? OK I know this is the LA thread but talking Olympics you have to take the whole world into account.........just sayin : )


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