Joint Summer Olympics Canada/U.S. in 2028?
Ruxpercnd @ Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:37 pm
Ok! How about Canada and U.S. jointly hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics? I think it could happen. I might even still be alive to see it.
Of course, we might all be the United North American States by then anyway. Mexicans can come too... an easy drive up the NAFTA Super Highway. I wonder how many NAFTA dollars it would cost to attend events? he, he....
Summer of 2028 would be a good time to celebrate the official Union of North American States... along with the Olympics... Party On!!!!
You guys know the words to Kumbaya, don't ya? ...yes, three part harmony in English, French and Spanish...
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October 7th, 2006
It's one of the world's greatest sporting events and now, Seattle may want a chance to host the Olympic Games. Seattle is considering teaming up with Vancouver to make a run for the 2028 Summer Olympics. Mimi Jung explains.
Video: http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/Vide ... idId=93240
It's one of the world's greatest sporting events and now, Seattle may want a chance to host the Olympic Games. Seattle is considering teaming up with Vancouver to make a run for the 2028 Summer Olympics. Mimi Jung explains.
Video: http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/Vide ... idId=93240
Mr_Canada old @ Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:47 pm
*heads to the washroom to throw up for a few hours*
Clogeroo @ Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:20 am
Share? How does that reflect the Olympic spirit? Either way Vancouver should be broke from these Winter Olympics I doubt they will host the summer ones or would even be given a chance to.
Ruxpercnd @ Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:51 am
I think in the video they mentioned that Vancouver would already have the infrastructure for Summer Olympics because of the investment in the Winter Olympics...... of course there is a 22 year gap.
But they also mentioned more partnerships... the main idea is that Vancouver and Seattle have a lot to share.... the the border is a minor inconvience. Which really is true. Seattle has more in common with Vancouver than it does with say.. New York.
So.... I am thinking that as the U.S. and Canada merge... it will start here on the west coast.
Clogeroo @ Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:58 am
I hated Seattle they all knew I was a Canadian. Kept saying the same stupid comment so you’re from Canada eh? Not to mention the hillbillies that live across Washington "shudders". I have nothing in common with these fellows except we both have a McDonalds and kfc. Other than that the border is there for a very good reason.
TheFoundersIntent @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:20 am
I don't like the idea of sharing the hosting duties. It reflects poorly on both countries. I think Canada can handle it alone.
USCAdad @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:30 am
The vid isn't opening up for me. I'm not happy about Van having the Winters. I definitely would not support a Seattle/Van effort.
Ruxpercnd @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:57 am
It is happening and Canadians want it too. ...kind of like consensual sex.
By 2028 we are going to be wondering what to do with that pesky border. Canadians will have non-voting seats in the U.S. Congress. We will be using a joint currency. The Canadian population will be exploding with immigrants from the States who will hold dual citizenship, which will create a defacto single citizenship.....
From: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news ... 3ee389f80c
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City Wants 2028 Olympics
Bruce Constantineau
Vancouver Sun
Friday, October 06, 2006
To listen to story, click the VoicePrint link
Vancouver and Seattle will join forces to try to attract a post-2010 global mega-event, with a wish list that includes co-hosting the 2018 World Cup of soccer, a world's fair around 2020 or the 2028 Summer Olympics.
The boards of Tourism Vancouver and the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau voted unanimously Thursday to create a study group to examine the viability of bidding for one of those events. The study group will report back to both boards when they meet again in Seattle early next year.
"This is a great region of North America and it only makes sense that the two of us work together to pursue a common vision," Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau chairman Jeffrey Wright said in an interview. ". . . We're very excited about what you have accomplished here in Vancouver and we want to participate in that success."
The cities' tourism boards met for the first time in Vancouver this week.
Vancouver would enter uncharted territory if it ever won the right to co-host a Summer Olympics. No city has ever hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and there have never been official co-hosts of any Games, although equestrian events for the 1956 Melbourne Games were held in Stockholm because of quarantine issues.
Japan and South Korea co-hosted the 2002 World Cup of soccer.
Vancouver and Seattle businessmen tried in the early 1990s to create a two-city bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics and even met with International Olympic Committee officials in Europe. But they were told the cross-border concept wouldn't work and Tourism Vancouver refused to support the proposal.
Tourism Vancouver president Rick Antonson said city tourism officials at the time felt a Summer Games would overwhelm Vancouver's transportation and accommodation infrastructure.
But he said the growing Vancouver-Seattle corridor is becoming a huge economic region that should be able to handle a Summer Olympics by 2028. He agreed the Canada-U.S. border remains a challenge to the free movement of traffic between the two countries but feels politicians can find a solution if they have to.
Antonson said tourism officials chose to consider a 2028 Summer Olympics bid because it seemed to be an appropriate amount of time following the 2010 Winter Games.
"After Vancouver proves itself in 2010, we might look a little too presumptuous if we went for it any sooner than that," he said.
Paris hosted Summer Games 24 years apart -- in 1900 and 1924 -- while Innsbruck, Austria held the Winter Games in 1964 and 1976, when it agreed to host the event after Denver backed out because of cost concerns.
Antonson said the two-city Olympic co-host theme makes sense now because it spreads the financial burden over a larger area. It cost Athens an estimated $15 billion to hold the 2004 Summer Games.
"The cost of holding the Summer Olympics is becoming more and more onerous so the chance to share the cost could become an important business model for the whole viability of the event," he said.
Tourism Vancouver chairman Jim Storie said Vancouver and Seattle want to match the great job done by Japan and South Korea in hosting the 2002 World Cup.
He knows IOC officials traditionally award Olympic games to single destinations but feels globalization can help them accept a two-nation event.
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Bruce Constantineau
Vancouver Sun
Friday, October 06, 2006
To listen to story, click the VoicePrint link
Vancouver and Seattle will join forces to try to attract a post-2010 global mega-event, with a wish list that includes co-hosting the 2018 World Cup of soccer, a world's fair around 2020 or the 2028 Summer Olympics.
The boards of Tourism Vancouver and the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau voted unanimously Thursday to create a study group to examine the viability of bidding for one of those events. The study group will report back to both boards when they meet again in Seattle early next year.
"This is a great region of North America and it only makes sense that the two of us work together to pursue a common vision," Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau chairman Jeffrey Wright said in an interview. ". . . We're very excited about what you have accomplished here in Vancouver and we want to participate in that success."
The cities' tourism boards met for the first time in Vancouver this week.
Vancouver would enter uncharted territory if it ever won the right to co-host a Summer Olympics. No city has ever hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and there have never been official co-hosts of any Games, although equestrian events for the 1956 Melbourne Games were held in Stockholm because of quarantine issues.
Japan and South Korea co-hosted the 2002 World Cup of soccer.
Vancouver and Seattle businessmen tried in the early 1990s to create a two-city bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics and even met with International Olympic Committee officials in Europe. But they were told the cross-border concept wouldn't work and Tourism Vancouver refused to support the proposal.
Tourism Vancouver president Rick Antonson said city tourism officials at the time felt a Summer Games would overwhelm Vancouver's transportation and accommodation infrastructure.
But he said the growing Vancouver-Seattle corridor is becoming a huge economic region that should be able to handle a Summer Olympics by 2028. He agreed the Canada-U.S. border remains a challenge to the free movement of traffic between the two countries but feels politicians can find a solution if they have to.
Antonson said tourism officials chose to consider a 2028 Summer Olympics bid because it seemed to be an appropriate amount of time following the 2010 Winter Games.
"After Vancouver proves itself in 2010, we might look a little too presumptuous if we went for it any sooner than that," he said.
Paris hosted Summer Games 24 years apart -- in 1900 and 1924 -- while Innsbruck, Austria held the Winter Games in 1964 and 1976, when it agreed to host the event after Denver backed out because of cost concerns.
Antonson said the two-city Olympic co-host theme makes sense now because it spreads the financial burden over a larger area. It cost Athens an estimated $15 billion to hold the 2004 Summer Games.
"The cost of holding the Summer Olympics is becoming more and more onerous so the chance to share the cost could become an important business model for the whole viability of the event," he said.
Tourism Vancouver chairman Jim Storie said Vancouver and Seattle want to match the great job done by Japan and South Korea in hosting the 2002 World Cup.
He knows IOC officials traditionally award Olympic games to single destinations but feels globalization can help them accept a two-nation event.
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Arctic_Menace @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:00 am
Blam this piece of crap idea to the bowels of Hell.....
I don't want any of this closer relationship crap.
Canada should remain Canada, and America should remain America.
Canada is here for a reason, and America is America for a reason.
USCAdad @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:07 am
I'm not for overall integration or for the Olympics. Of course, I support Cascadia. I think that BC and the rest of the NW are more alike than other areas of their prospective countries. Ultimatly, I'd rather have the NW develop more independence from the rest of the US. It's not necessary for it to either join BC or Canada as a whole. There's enough similarity that I think they would work well together.... they already are.
Blue_Nose @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:56 am
What is the problem?
As far as I know, the whole point of the olympics is having nations come together in the spirit of sport. Doing so across our borders makes more sense than having it in a single country.
This "deep integration" paranoia is a little out of hand.
TheFoundersIntent @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:16 pm
Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:
What is the problem?
As far as I know, the whole point of the olympics is having nations come together in the spirit of sport. Doing so across our borders makes more sense than having it in a single country.
This "deep integration" paranoia is a little out of hand.
As far as I know, the whole point of the olympics is having nations come together in the spirit of sport. Doing so across our borders makes more sense than having it in a single country.
This "deep integration" paranoia is a little out of hand.
And under what flag would the US and Canadian athletes march under?
Blue_Nose @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:33 pm
TheFoundersIntent TheFoundersIntent:
And under what flag would the US and Canadian athletes march under?
Well, the US athletes would march and compete under a US flag, and the Canadians under the Canadian flag.
Probably the most self-evident statement I would have expected to make, but nevertheless....
TheFoundersIntent @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:36 pm
Then it's not a joint Olympics. Why is this necessary anyhow?
Blue_Nose @ Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:42 pm
TheFoundersIntent TheFoundersIntent:
Then it's not a joint Olympics.
It would be held in two countries, so yes, it would be. A joint project between any two groups doesn't mean the merging of the groups, just that they're working together on the same project.TheFoundersIntent TheFoundersIntent:
Why is this necessary anyhow?
It's not "necessary" - it's an idea, and if it helps bring the Olympics to Vancouver and Seattle, it's a good idea.