On to 2028

[citygator]

It’s more than that. It is investing in facilities that have absolutely no use outside of the Olympics
Swimming Stadiums
Bicycle Velodrome
Canoe/Kayak course

These facilities are abandoned as soon as the Olympics are over

I dont think that is true broadly and definitely not in the US. This article says only one abandoned Atlanta Olympic structure exists today and that was because a shady college abandoned it. Rest are in use. This article says 85% of structures are in use around the world and Athens was the worst about it.

https://www.nwahomepage.com/2024-olympics/what-happens-to-olympic-venues-after-the-games-end/

 

[marvin martian]

Any other concerns Skippy?

Concerns? No, I'm very much looking forward to watching the literal shitshow everything in California always becomes.

 

[rightwinger]

Concerns? No, I'm very much looking forward to watching the literal shitshow everything in California always becomes.

So I see you are concerned with the homeless now
You should be glad to see more investment in their care prior to the Olympics

 

[ice man]

I think it will have to be
LA needs to invest in light rail or monorail between parking areas and major Olympic venues
Keep the Olympic central area as pedestrian only

Are you talking about something temporary or permanent?

 

[rightwinger]

Are you talking about something temporary or permanent?

LA needs more mass transit

 

[hjmick]

It’s more than that. It is investing in facilities that have absolutely no use outside of the Olympics
Swimming Stadiums
Bicycle Velodrome
Canoe/Kayak course

These facilities are abandoned as soon as the Olympics are over

Luckily Los Angeles has all of those venues already... or at least almost all. They slap a fresh coat of paint on some walls, power wash The Colosseum, pick a college for the aquatic events and Bob's your uncle!

Though The Colosseum isn't really in the best part of town despite being next door to the USC campus...

This will be the third time Los Angeles has hosted the games. L.A. 1984 may have been the last time a profit was made by the city hosting the games.

 

[marvin martian]

So I see you are concerned with the homeless now
You should be glad to see more investment in their care prior to the Olympics

Let me see if I can dumb this down enough for you: I LIKE seeing leftists like you fail at everything they do. And since it's inevitable, I get a lot of opportunities for that joy.

 

[hjmick]

I think it will have to be
LA needs to invest in light rail or monorail between parking areas and major Olympic venues
Keep the Olympic central area as pedestrian only

They had a great plan in place back in '84, worked really well. I'm not sure the same plan could work 44 years later...

 

[rightwinger]

Let me see if I can dumb this down enough for you: I LIKE seeing leftists like you fail at everything they do. And since it's inevitable, I get a lot of opportunities for that joy.

What I suggest LA do for the Olympics is gather all the homeless and bus them to Dallas, Houston and Miami.
Drop them off in the middle of the night.

Easy Peasy…..problem solved

 

[marvin martian]

What I suggest LA do for the Olympics is gather all the homeless and bus them to Dallas, Houston and Miami.
Drop them off in the middle of the night.

Easy Peasy…..problem solved

Let me know how that works out for you.



Spoiler: it'll fail, like everything else you do.

 

[Couchpotato]

Ummm no.

Like in 1984, when they built the aquatic center, it was on the UCLA campus (perhaps it was USC). The pool was used by the UCLA swim team for decades (and is still being used I believe).

The velodrome that was built in 1982 for the Games was used until 2003. It was demolished and upgraded and will be used in 2028. In non-olympic years (and probably during it), it’s hosted training, NCAA competitions championships, World championships, etc...

I don’t know if you’re being moronic on purpose or not but this is what I mean by existing infrastructure; its used after the Games. You build that same velodrome in Qatar, you don’t end up getting the NCAA championships, because muslim nations don’t have a large female contingent (if any) in their colleges, you get smaller events. So that would be an example of what the IOC should view with a jaundiced eye. Hence my repeated discussion of sustainability.

As for the upkeep between the games, If UCLA/USC doesn’t need a new aquatic center, for example--I’m not sure if they are building one or not--one doesn’t get built. Perhaps Pepperdine or UCSB need one? The Softball diamond in the OP, for example, is up and running in OKC. IT won’t be built and will be used well before and well after the games.

Umm...you’re not thinking.

That's not an argument for having it in a different place every 4 years. Paris is a huge city, it's still cost them 10's of billions of dollars. They are estimating it's going to cost 7 billion for LA and we all know those estimates always end up being far below what it actually ends up costing. But assuming it will cost that much if 7 billion is "turn key".... Tell me again who's not thinking.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

That's not an argument for having it in a different place every 4 years. Paris is a huge city, it's still cost them 10's of billions of dollars. They are estimating it's going to cost 7 billion for LA and we all know those estimates always end up being far below what it actually ends up costing. But assuming it will cost that much if 7 billion is "turn key".... Tell me again who's not thinking.

Are you still in here talking about something you have no interest in at all?

 

[Couchpotato]

Are you still in here talking about something you have no interest in at all?

Not to you. And my interest isn’t in the Olympics it’s in the money wasted on them. Specifically tax payer money.

 

[candycorn]

That's not an argument for having it in a different place every 4 years.

Again... I am not sure if you are being like this on purpose or if you really just don’t get it.

 

[Plagerist]

LA needs more mass transit

Now that's funny!

 

[rightwinger]

Now that's funny!

Why would that be?
Have you ever driven in LA?

 

[marvin martian]

Why would that be?
Have you ever driven in LA?

They don't give two shits about mass transit, and never will.

They WANT you to suffer. Why can't you understand that?

 

[Couchpotato]

Again... I am not sure if you are being like this on purpose or if you really just don’t get it.

No I get it. You think it's ok for the IOC and all the people associated with the Olympics to make piles of cash in part or wholly utilizing taxpayer funding to build these sites that likely wouldn't otherwise be built because there is some use for them after the event or at a minimum someone ends up using it. I don't doubt that if you put in a really nice pool somewhere that people will end up swimming in it. My issue is the using of taxpayer money in order to do it. And I know that you posted the article talking about how LA28 will be privately funded. I don't necessarily believe that it will be completely funded via private monetary streams and that the taxpayer whether that's federally or state/locally won't end up putting up some amount of money to support that event. That said like I pointed out LA28 would be the exception not the rule. If private investors and the IOC want to spend eleventy trillion dollars every year to put on a sporting event in random cities all over the world they are free to do so. They shouldn't be relying on the largess of the public in order to fund it.

 

[candycorn]

No I get it. You think it's ok for the IOC and all the people associated with the Olympics to make piles of cash in part or wholly utilizing taxpayer funding to build these sites that likely wouldn't otherwise be built because there is some use for them after the event or at a minimum someone ends up using it.

Not even remotely true.

I don't doubt that if you put in a really nice pool somewhere that people will end up swimming in it. My issue is the using of taxpayer money in order to do it.

Yeah, taxpayers never pay for pools installed in colleges. Never I say!!!

And I know that you posted the article talking about how LA28 will be privately funded. I don't necessarily believe that it will be completely funded via private monetary streams and that the taxpayer whether that's federally or state/locally won't end up putting up some amount of money to support that event.

ok

That said like I pointed out LA28 would be the exception not the rule. If private investors and the IOC want to spend eleventy trillion dollars every year to put on a sporting event in random cities all over the world they are free to do so. They shouldn't be relying on the largess of the public in order to fund it.

Valid position.

Meanwhile back in reality, on this thread alone, I’ve called out the IOC like 6 times for holding the olympics in places that had nothing to offer but a bag of money.

If done properly, the games benefit the communities after the Olympics have left town. In the past, LA (for one) has shown that it knows how to handle the Olympics...as has Paris, Tokyo, and a few other cities. I’m not sure why you guys who predict doom and gloom around every corner aren’t acknowledging that.

 

[candycorn]

They don't give two shits about mass transit, and never will.

They WANT you to suffer. Why can't you understand that?

Man, it must suck to be so paranoid all the time. Why are you like that?