2016 Summer Olympics

[Swedishguy]

Hamburg! I mean, it's Germany!

The world will end in 2012, BTW!

 

[Junglecutter]

RIO!

 

[Jondalar]

With the recent improvements in Doha, Qatar for the Asian Games, I'm voting for them. (I spent the summer there last year - nice city...)

 

[TheLastOne36]

Madrid all the way!!!!!!!!

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Toronto, Chicago, and Madrid would all be fantastic choices. Especially Toronto, but then Vancouver got the 2010 Olympics, so it probably won't get it.

 

[The Yankee]

Toronto, Chicago, and Madrid would all be fantastic choices. Especially Toronto, but then Vancouver got the 2010 Olympics, so it probably won't get it.

Not likely, but possible. Consider Los Angeles in 1984, Atlanta in 1996, and Salt Lake City in 2002.

 

[Cuivienen]

By the time this comes around there will have been one in SA.

Actually, no.

2008: Beijing
2010: Vancouver
2012: London
2014: Sochi


I voted for Buenos Aires and Dubai. Santiago would be a good choice, but I think it might be better for the Winter Olympics. All three would be unusual as they would have to take place during the Northern Hemisphere's winter (too hot in summer in Dubai and opposite seasons in Buenos Aires and Santiago).

 

[Lockesdonkey]

Oh come on America, you've had Los Angeles in 1984 and Atlanta in 1996 whilst there has never been an olympic games in South America or Africa! And same goes for us Europeans - we've had it pleanty of times and will do again in 2012 so lets give others the oppurtunity.

1. South America has had four World Cups, though. I think that those actually capture bigger audiences than the Olympics, though I'm not sure.

2. I'd love to see an African city to host an Olympics, but the best candidates in Sub-Saharan Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Nairobi) are not quite prepared yet (though the former two are preparing quite diligently for the 2010 World Cup), and as for North Africa...well, I don't think they count, and anyway they're too close to international hot spots.

 

[Whomp]

Oh come on America, you've had Los Angeles in 1984 and Atlanta in 1996 whilst there has never been an olympic games in South America or Africa! And same goes for us Europeans - we've had it pleanty of times and will do again in 2012 so lets give others the oppurtunity.

I think Cape Town would be a good choice however they will be the next next World Cup in 2010 and South America likely Brazil in 2014 (Germany, South Korea, France before that).
If we look at the Olympics since 1996 we've had Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London. Before Atlanta was Bacelona and Seoul. For winter since 1984 we've had Sarajevo, Calgary, Albertville, Lillehammer, Nagano, Salt Lake, Turin, Vancouver and Sochi, Russia.

To me it seems like it's time for a US representation again. I bet if Barack Obama gets elected it will go a long way towards Chicago getting the Olympics.

 

[h4ppy]

Actually, no.

2008: Beijing
2010: Vancouver
2012: London
2014: Sochi

Ack, I forgot about SA not getting one then, silly me, I though Brazil was to get one right before China.

 

[sonorakitch]

Oh come on America, you've had Los Angeles in 1984 and Atlanta in 1996 whilst there has never been an olympic games in South America or Africa! And same goes for us Europeans - we've had it pleanty of times and will do again in 2012 so lets give others the oppurtunity.

Yea, but do you realize how much CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere by flying all our gold medals back to the states?

I would love to see Rio get it...the city does know how to party.

~Chris

 

[ComradeDavo]

I think Cape Town would be a good choice however they will be the next next World Cup in 2010 and South America likely Brazil in 2014 (Germany, South Korea, France before that).
If we look at the Olympics since 1996 we've had Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London. Before Atlanta was Bacelona and Seoul. For winter since 1984 we've had Sarajevo, Calgary, Albertville, Lillehammer, Nagano, Salt Lake, Turin, Vancouver and Sochi, Russia.

To me it seems like it's time for a US representation again. I bet if Barack Obama gets elected it will go a long way towards Chicago getting the Olympics.

If it has to be North America again then Canada should have it

(Seriously though I don't get how you can say it's time for US representation again where there are so many other countries which haven't had it yet)

 

[Elta]

Hamburg! I mean, it's Germany!

The world will end in 2012, BTW!

No it will be a age of great change the word used in the maya calander is om-ooh the only translation is vuelta which is spanish for flip or turn, it will only be a era of great change, probably asrological at that.

 

[ThERat]

I think Chicago has a pretty good chance actually since US didn't host since Salt Lake City. And Chicago is whomper's home, so the Games should go there.

Something else, nobody here seems to be concerned about is the climate. I mean Doha and Dubai might be rich, but they are terribly hot places. Will we have fully air conditioned games? Guess they would be called Green Games then. Bangkok would be out IMHO for the same reason, too hot.
Or would Summer Games be held in northern hemisphere winter?

 

[CaptainF]

Cheeeeee-Caaaahhhh-Gooooooooo!!!!1111!!111shiftone11!!

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Though Rio would be a good second choice.

 

[ComradeDavo]

I think Chicago has a pretty good chance actually since US didn't host since Salt Lake City.

Ok, lets just talk about the summer olympics here - 1996 was the last time the US had it, and in 2016 and there would have been 4 more games since then. Given that there (give or take depending on points of view) 194 countires in this world, I don't see how the argument that the US should should be due again really holds.

I don't mean to sound anti-american in ths thread, it's just I don't like the frequent American presumtion that they should host it reguarly.

 

[Godwynn]

194 countires in this world, I don't see how the argument that the US should should be due again really holds.

Who really wants to see the Olympics in Iraq or Palau?

 

[The Yankee]

Who really wants to see the Olympics in Iraq or Palau?

Kirkuk 2020? Could be interesting.

 

[Godwynn]

Kirkuk 2020? Could be interesting.

Let the finalists be Kirkuk and Mogadishu in 2020!

 

[amadeus]

Tel Aviv...