Bi-annual Olympics in New Orleans thread

a new stadium.

It would be hilarious if the opening ceremony lost power for a while

well, rowing could be in Bayou St John and sailing on Lake Ponchatrain....

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Houston put in a bid a while back. If they can do it, why not NOLA

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In all seriousness, you'd need to convince the IOC to have the Games in May or June. The Summer Olympics are typically held in August and September, which is the peak of hurricane season. Additionally, you'd need to make sure the venues and infrastructure are practically bullet-proof, and delay as much construction into the Olympic year itself as possible, because you don't want a hurricane knocking down the facilities the year prior to the Olympiad.

And that's just the first hurdle. A lot of other things would have to happen. It's not impossible, but New Orleans and the surrounding area need a major facelift for it to occur.

Last three Summer Olympiads were completely or partially in August, although Sydney stretched into October. Rio and Tokyo will be in the same time range as the last three Summer Olympiads.

Anchorage actually placed 3rd for the 1994 Winter Olympics (the Kerrigan-Harding Games) and is bidding for 2026. I can see either them or Boston being real contenders for those games. You don't need the same infrastructure for a Winter Olympiad as you do for a Summer, so Anchorage has a shot.

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ve heard the 3 main winter targets are Tahoe/Reno, Denver, and Bozeman. I wonder how many ski World Cup events are done in Alaska.

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I hope it's not Bozman, Tahoe, or Alaska. Keep the relatively undeveloped places undeveloped for a change. At least they're not talking about Jackson Hole.

Denver was supposed to have the 1976 Winter games, but there was a grassroots movement against the development of pristine mountain areas. "Rocky Mountain High" was in part written about the campaign against having the Olympics there.

Charleston just isn't able to pull off something like that. I think Philadelphia could be a great winter olympics host. They're not too far from the Poconos and they have already the transportation and infrastructure to support it. They'd need to build a high-speed train or something to the mountains, but they wouldn't have to build hotels or anything

Could a track be placed in the dome? I'd think the dome would be one of the best olympic venues.

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Additionally, you'd need to make sure the venues (...) are practically bullet-proof,

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Ok...

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delay as much construction into the Olympic year itself as possible, because you don't want a hurricane knocking down the facilities the year prior to the Olympiad.

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Holy mackerel. You might be dumb enough to drown during a rain shower because you forgot to close your mouth while looking up.