So Obama proposes a plan to an org than is known for saddling cities in debt and they turn the plan down. Trump 'gave them what they wanted to hear' and got the deal done. High IQ business moves right there.
the TRUMP games. I feel sorry for the people living in the parallel universe where that happens...oh wait...we're still in time to watch that calamity in 2028 if the fucker doesn't lose.
I, for one, am eternally grateful that we get to use our tax dollars to build a giant arena to host underpaid, soon-to-be-discarded prime examples of talent who can shit, fuck, and possibly die at our facilities before we never use them again.
In Vancouver we turned one of the skating rinks into a multi use community facility that hundreds of people use every day. (see another one of my comments)
Good shit can come out of the games if your city plays it's cards right. But I don't blame you for being skeptical lol. The games were pretty controversial back in the game day.
That's actually fantastic to know! Obviously, that's not the norm, but keep shouting that from the rooftops to remind people that we're capable of doing better.
There was literally no contest. For latest Olympics there were only two contestant cities Paris and LA. And out of fear that no city even contest for it in 2028 (as lately Olympics are a bad deal for a country, they are a money hole), they agree to preconcede LA the 2028 Olympics.
I might be missing some of the larger municipal budget stuff but as a Vancouverite, they were awesome. We now have a subway direct to the airport and through a large suburb that needed transit and expanded the highway to one of our best local ski mountain.
The Olympics is pretty infamous for absolutely wrecking and bankrupting a city chosen to host it. I think North American cities typically break that mold but it's usually pretty bad
Vancouver definitely seemed to avoid most of the negative effects most cities face. One of the rinks built for the games (The Olympic Oval i think is the official name) is now a community center with 2 hockey rinks, ~8 basketball sized multi-use courts, a fitness center, about dozen ping pong tables, and probably more I'm not aware of.
It's quite far from where I live so I don't use it often but last year I was part of a sports league that used the facility and I was completely blown away. On any given day there are probably 100+ people using the courts, playing basketball, volleyball etc.
If you live in Denver, you maybe in luck. Looks like they pissed off the IOC pretty good.
"In a statewide referendum on 7 November 1972, Colorado voters rejected funding for the games, and for the first (and only) time a city awarded the Winter Games rejected them."
*hopefully you will not be president and by 2028 I can only assume your old ass will be pushing up daisies
Rest in piss ya orange clown for ye shall not be missedb