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re: How much of a cluster will LA be in 2028?
Posted on 8/11/24 at 9:37 pm to Ssubba
Posted on 8/11/24 at 9:37 pm to Ssubba
It will be the largest rip-off in history. I can't fathom how much a hotel within 100 miles of that city will cost. Around 6 million people went to the LA Olympics in 1984. Paris was expected to have around 15 million, and i'm sure LA will probably have more.
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Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:20 am to wareagle7298
I don’t think it’ll be bad. You always see these predictions of traffic and crowd chaos during major events and then it never happens as locals stay away.
Tons of area residents will be planning out of town vacations during those 2 weeks and every business that can will tell their employees they can WFH.
Tons of area residents will be planning out of town vacations during those 2 weeks and every business that can will tell their employees they can WFH.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 7:55 am to Chef Curry
My only experience is with the Atlanta Olympics, and I lived there so I didn't have to worry about travel or accommodations.
Leading up to the Games we were all told the same thing - 24 hour gridlock, work from home, take vacation, etc. None of that really materialized.
Back then (pre everything online) you did your ticket request by mail. You got a sheet that listed every event and you indicated the event(s) and number of tickets you wanted for each event on the sheet. You then mailed this in with a check for the total amount of tickets you were requesting. The ticket request would get filled (via lottery) and then you would be refunded for the tickets you requested but didn't get.
We knew it would be nearly impossible to get any of the really big events, so we requested (and got) some of the preliminary baseball games that were played at the old Braves stadium (right next door to the main Olympic stadium). We took a risk and drove down and the guys who ran one of the private neighborhood parking lots that we used when we would go to Braves games had their lot open and let us park for fairly cheap.
It was about a 5 block walk from there to the stadium complex. About 2 blocks out they had a security perimeter with metal detectors, etc. Once you were inside the security zone you could pretty much roam around as you wanted, and from the upper concourse of the old stadium you could get over and get a really good view of the flame in the cauldron and the big stadium.
We also spent a day at Centennial Olympic Park (after the bombing) and had a good time. Back then, one of the big things was pin trading. Not sure if that is still a thing or not.
But yes, a 10 year old would love going and it would be an awesome memory. I was in my 20s and it was something I will never forget. I could only imagine what my excitement level would have been if I had gotten to go to the '84 LA Olympics when I was 8.
Leading up to the Games we were all told the same thing - 24 hour gridlock, work from home, take vacation, etc. None of that really materialized.
Back then (pre everything online) you did your ticket request by mail. You got a sheet that listed every event and you indicated the event(s) and number of tickets you wanted for each event on the sheet. You then mailed this in with a check for the total amount of tickets you were requesting. The ticket request would get filled (via lottery) and then you would be refunded for the tickets you requested but didn't get.
We knew it would be nearly impossible to get any of the really big events, so we requested (and got) some of the preliminary baseball games that were played at the old Braves stadium (right next door to the main Olympic stadium). We took a risk and drove down and the guys who ran one of the private neighborhood parking lots that we used when we would go to Braves games had their lot open and let us park for fairly cheap.
It was about a 5 block walk from there to the stadium complex. About 2 blocks out they had a security perimeter with metal detectors, etc. Once you were inside the security zone you could pretty much roam around as you wanted, and from the upper concourse of the old stadium you could get over and get a really good view of the flame in the cauldron and the big stadium.
We also spent a day at Centennial Olympic Park (after the bombing) and had a good time. Back then, one of the big things was pin trading. Not sure if that is still a thing or not.
But yes, a 10 year old would love going and it would be an awesome memory. I was in my 20s and it was something I will never forget. I could only imagine what my excitement level would have been if I had gotten to go to the '84 LA Olympics when I was 8.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 8:46 am to The Egg
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my face when I end up with only breakdancing tickets
Lucky for you break dancing won’t be included in LA.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:02 am to PJinAtl
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We took a risk and drove down and the guys who ran one of the private neighborhood parking lots that we used when we would go to Braves games had their lot open and let us park for fairly cheap.
We did the same thing for both the Olympics and Paralympics. MARTA was clutch though for the events at the Dome/GWCC/Tech.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:16 am to Wally Sparks
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Paralympics
Atlanta was my first exposure (or even hearing of) them. Actually got to go to the opening ceremonies and some of the swimming events for those.
I think the thing that impressed me most was the guy who lit the cauldron was either a double amputee or paralyzed from the waist down. They had a rope than hung from the cauldron down the tower. He held the torch in his teeth and pulled himself up the rope with some type of ratchet device to keep from sliding back down, and then lit the dang thing.
I was just watching some of the main Atlanta opening ceremonies on YouTube, and as awesome as it was to have Ali light the flame, the design with the ramp that went up the stands and then the stairway going around the tower would have made for such an epic final leg. I wish they could have found a way to have Ali up at the top of the tower and had someone run the torch up to him.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:35 am to PJinAtl
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Atlanta was my first exposure (or even hearing of) them. Actually got to go to the opening ceremonies and some of the swimming events for those.
I think the thing that impressed me most was the guy who lit the cauldron was either a double amputee or paralyzed from the waist down. They had a rope than hung from the cauldron down the tower. He held the torch in his teeth and pulled himself up the rope with some type of ratchet device to keep from sliding back down, and then lit the dang thing.
I was at the opening ceremony as well, the climber was Mark Wellman, who is a paraplegic.
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I was just watching some of the main Atlanta opening ceremonies on YouTube, and as awesome as it was to have Ali light the flame, the design with the ramp that went up the stands and then the stairway going around the tower would have made for such an epic final leg. I wish they could have found a way to have Ali up at the top of the tower and had someone run the torch up to him.
That probably would've ruined the surprise, ACOG basically drove Ali to the ramp entrance (where the athletes came in) and he was able to get right there undetected.
On a related note, about a year before Ali passed away, Evander Holyfield wrote an interesting piece about the background of that night in The Player's Tribune. LINK
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After the fight, I was hurting, both physically and mentally. But with the 100th anniversary of the Olympic Games set to take place in my hometown of Atlanta the following year, I wasn’t about to give up. In the post-fight press conference, a reporter asked me what my next move was gonna be, and I told him. I was gonna be the World Heavyweight Champion again and I was gonna carry the torch at the Atlanta Olympics.
All the reporters laughed, not just at my goal to be world champ again, but more about my goal of carrying the Olympic torch. People thought it was ridiculous.
Of those two goals, there was one I could control: becoming world champ again. But I couldn’t control carrying the Olympic torch. That would be decided by the U.S. Olympic Committee. As the games got closer, I hadn’t been offered to carry the torch, and I was not feeling good about my odds of being invited.
At midnight the night before the Opening Ceremonies, I was at my home in Atlanta when my phone rang. I thought, Who’s calling my house at midnight? It was Dr. Harvey Schiller, executive director of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
“Evander,” he said. “I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we’d like you to carry the Olympic torch into the stadium during the Opening Ceremonies.” At first I thought someone was playing a joke on me. I was so surprised I almost didn’t hear the bad news.
“The bad news is, you won’t be lighting the cauldron.”
I was ecstatic. I didn’t care that I wouldn’t be lighting the cauldron. Just to have the opportunity to carry the torch into the stadium was an honor, especially since I thought I had no chance because the ceremony was the following day and I hadn’t been invited.
I asked who would be lighting the cauldron, and he said, “Can’t tell you that. It’s a surprise.” He also told me that I couldn’t tell anyone — not even my family — that I would be carrying the torch. It was all part of the committee’s plan to host one of the most memorable Opening Ceremonies in history. They were keeping it a secret.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 11:04 am to PJinAtl
My experience at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics was much the same as PJinAtl posted with only one exception which I will comment on later. My similar experiences travel wise, were as I indicated in an earlier post of this thread, I ended up leasing a very nice apartment through the Olympic Committee's contractual arrangement system just off the Interstate Loop in NW Atlanta. This was somewhat distant from the main venues at the GA. Dome and the many other venues near it. I was a bit weary of using Marta (pub. transit system). I was concerned with the potential of terrorism bombings on the system during the Olympics. (Instead of a bombing on public transit, there ended up being one in a centralized park to the venues where nightly concerts took place. I got to see Tim McGraw and Faith Hill perform in that same park the night before the park bombing took place. My guardian angel must must have followed me to Atlanta.) So, I drove from my apartment to the venues each day for 10 days averaging around 20 mins. to get there. Parking was never a problem and reasonably priced. I suspect the LA Olympics will be more challenging driving wise due to the much larger population of the LA region.
My only conta experience from PJ's was that I was able to get some very good tickets through the lottery system for popular events. For Track and Field finals for example , my tickets were only 10 rows from the track for example. I had famous political and celebrity attendees within meeting distances from me. It was a mix of hit and miss for events overall. I had reasonable seating for gymnastics, excellent for swimming, track cycling, and weight lifting. I had mid level seating for baseball. Some events I requested I didn't get tickets at all. In those cases, I was provided with tickets to my 2nd or 3rd choice event for that day.
Meeting folks from all over the world, pin trading, and free concerts in the areas near the venues really enhance one's experience on the way to or leaving venues or in simply taking a break between events you are attending is a lot of fun.
My only conta experience from PJ's was that I was able to get some very good tickets through the lottery system for popular events. For Track and Field finals for example , my tickets were only 10 rows from the track for example. I had famous political and celebrity attendees within meeting distances from me. It was a mix of hit and miss for events overall. I had reasonable seating for gymnastics, excellent for swimming, track cycling, and weight lifting. I had mid level seating for baseball. Some events I requested I didn't get tickets at all. In those cases, I was provided with tickets to my 2nd or 3rd choice event for that day.
Meeting folks from all over the world, pin trading, and free concerts in the areas near the venues really enhance one's experience on the way to or leaving venues or in simply taking a break between events you are attending is a lot of fun.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 11:08 am to Chef Curry
I am just imagining tons of Japanese tourists wanting to "see downtown" and ending up on Skid Row
Posted on 8/12/24 at 1:12 pm to Chef Curry
Just go. Your daughter will love it. At the event it will be fine.
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