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re: 2022 Winter Olympics: Almaty or Beijing?
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:49 am to Alter Number 3
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:49 am to Alter Number 3
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New Orleans should get in the mix for a summer games.
They were invited to submit a bid by the USOC for 2024 but apparently declined.
You would need to do a lot of work. There are some facilities in place - the Superdome, the New Orleans Arena, the Lakefront Arena, City Park, you could use some of the facilities LSU has in Baton Rouge - but a lot of that would have to be remodeled and that's not counting the new facilities that would need to be built.
You would need to dramatically upgrade the transportation infrastructure. You would need more hotel rooms. You would need to find a place for an Olympic village. And you would probably have to hold the Olympics in April instead of August to avoid the peak of hurricane season. And that's on the hope that there isn't a hurricane in August 2023 that tears up a bunch of your facilities.
Conceivably we could pull it off but we're nowhere near ready.
This post was edited on 7/28/15 at 9:53 am
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Posted on 7/28/15 at 7:30 pm to maine82
quote:
New Orleans should get in the mix for a summer games.
They were invited to submit a bid by the USOC for 2024 but apparently declined.
You would need to do a lot of work. There are some facilities in place - the Superdome, the New Orleans Arena, the Lakefront Arena, City Park, you could use some of the facilities LSU has in Baton Rouge - but a lot of that would have to be remodeled and that's not counting the new facilities that would need to be built.
You would need to dramatically upgrade the transportation infrastructure. You would need more hotel rooms. You would need to find a place for an Olympic village. And you would probably have to hold the Olympics in April instead of August to avoid the peak of hurricane season. And that's on the hope that there isn't a hurricane in August 2023 that tears up a bunch of your facilities.
Conceivably we could pull it off but we're nowhere near ready.
New Orleans isn't big enough to host an event the size and duration of the Olympics and it is too close to the Gulf anf like you said that is the peak of hurricane season. NOLA however would be an awesome host site for a world cup when Russia and Quatar are stripped of their hosting rights. The only problem is the Superdome has turf and I doubt that FIFA would want the World Cup played on turf, but I am sure we could rig up some kind of light system to allow for a temporary grass field.
The only American cities that could pull off hosting a summer games would be ATL, Dallas and North Texas area, LA, the Bay Area, Chicago and NYC. Houston is big enough but like NOLA it is too close to the gulf and the threat of hurricanes ruins its chances same goes for Miami.
ETA: Philly and Boston
This post was edited on 7/28/15 at 7:43 pm
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