Comments on: Rio awarded 2016 Olympics

By: kob

kob — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:02:47 +0000

By: Binkley

Binkley — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:09:53 +0000

Can’t help but speculate if that videotaped beating death of the teen in Chicago factored in the decision to cut the city in the first round…

By: RBearSAT

RBearSAT — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:47:36 +0000

What has been interesting is seeing the conservatives trying to blame the loss on Obama. Anything to snipe at him. Heck, I’ll bet they blame their football losses on him.

By: RBearSAT

RBearSAT — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:38:53 +0000

Regardless of a person’s sentiment towards Rio they don’t have the economic power to pay for an Olympics. Well, maybe they do at the expense of the people. I’ve noticed that among the powerhouse South American cities Rio is more about the party and Buenos Aires is more about the people.

As many have noted get a few blocks from the beach and you see the true Rio De Janeiro. They’ll do like Athens and pull the Games off with a huge debt to the country. Even with IOC cost controls you’re still looking at a Games with a price tag in the tens of billions. To avoid a publicity black eye they will have to clean up large parts of the city since the venues will be spread throughout the city. If I’m not mistaken it was the candidate city with the worst venue and transportation plan.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:31:00 +0000

I will so be there in 2016. Can’t wait. Congratulations to Rio De Janeiro.

By: RBearSAT

RBearSAT — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:02:25 +0000

Pat having been through a Pan Am bid cycle that lost out to Rio I feel Toronto’s chances are very good at this point. PASO had an informal rotation approach which San Antonio would have disrupted. Too many PASO reps were stuck in their traditions and voted against San Antonio in the final round. I know how Chicago feels when you have the best bid but politics wins out.

When the US opted out of bidding for 2011 to focus on Chicago that changed the bid cycle. Since Vancouver is 2010 that gives Canada enough “breathing room” to stage Toronto Pan Am. Bogota is your other challenger and I don’t think PASO wants Olympics and Pan Am in the same continent that close together. They’ll be upstaged by Rio during the “test” competition that is always held during the year prior to the Olympics.

Good luck on your city’s bid.

By: kick

kick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:08:51 +0000

Repertoire that is LOL

By: kick

kick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:08:18 +0000

Looks like I am going to add some Portuguese to my repetoire

By: sportinlife

sportinlife — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:21:05 +0000

Spanish former IOC head Juan Antonio Samaranch apparently made an emotional appeal to members skewing the first round more toward Spain and perhaps damaging the US chances of getting to the next round.

His plea that he was “nearing the end of my time” resonated with some as I thought it might, but then may have played against Spain in the later rounds.

Rio will have a struggle as host but I hope they will do really well.

By: DruggyBear

DruggyBear — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:51:38 +0000

Michael Jordan could have tried to help, not that it would have made any difference, but man what a bitter, selfish ass he is.