The Olympics in Rio are now over. The next summer games will be in 2020 in Tokyo. But in 2024 I think America should get another crack at the Olympics. Here are five cities I would choose.
1. Boston, Mass.
The birthplace of the American Revolution should at least host the games once. Fenway Park, Gillette Stadium,Boston Harbor, and even Harvard and MIT could host Olympic events on their campuses.
2. Charlotte,North Carolina
Yes I admit after the HB2 law it's going to be hard to get anything in North Carolina. But Charlotte was in the running for a olympics bid by the IOC a few years ago. The whitewater center there is used by Olympic teams to practice the whitewater events. Plus Bank Of America Stadium. Charlotte Colliseum, Carowinds Themepark, The area rivers, and even the Blue Ridge Mountains nearby can all host olympic events.
3. Chicago, Illinois
Everyone has been saying this for years that Chicago should host an Olympics. Chicago is known for being a sports town with the Bears, Cubs, White Sox, and Blackhawks all having prestige in the area. The Olympics would be a good investment for the Second City.
4. San Francisco, California
San Francisco would be a very good area for the games. With Oakland, San Jose, the whole bay near the Pacific Ocean would be great for the swimming and whitewater events. Plus with all the culture and history of San Francisco the Olympics would be a good fit.
5. New Orleans, Louisiana
With all of it's French, Cajun,and Southern culture New Orleans deserves at least one chance at the Olympics. The Gulf of Mexico, Superdome, Lake Ponchartrain, The Mississippi River, and even nearby places like Baton Rouge, Biloxi,and Gulfport could host events.
Honorable mentions:
Seattle,Washington
Baltimore,Maryland
Nashville,Tennessee
Dallas,Texas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Denver,Colorado
Cincinnati,Ohio
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
New York City
Those are my choices. What would you list as your top American cities to host a future Olympics?
5. You know that Boston was in the running recently for the 2020 people were not happy myself included, I actually called the governors office to tell him that I specifically hated the idea, especially since they were going to spread the games out and my town was going to host the shooting events. There was so much opposition to the Idea and I really opposed it as well
Did you object to it because it would make your area extremely busy? My uncle lives in Chicago and he was mad about the potential of Chicago getting them.
Chicago! It would be great if it was hosted here, I think we have plenty of places to use, since we have a lot of sport's stadiums, a huge lake, open areas... and Chicago people LOVE sports. It won't be for the 2024 Olympics though, the US city candidate is Los Angeles, so maybe in the future... far future though.
P. S.: Boston is not gonna happen, they thought of it, but they pulled back because most residents didn't want it and other stuff.
Really, You would think Boston would be the top runner. LA has already hosted them twice. Athens should have got the '96 games, but they did help Atlanta. I think they could help Charlotte and Chicago too
Here were other candidates from the US not selected for the 2024 bid: Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D. C., Indianapolis, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, St. Louis, Tulsa, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Seattle, Charlotte, Portland, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Detroit, Columbus, Nashville, Rochester, and Denver.
None of those 5 are great choices Boston- too congested Charlotte- they can't even get an all star game bid Chicago- if you think rio had problems... Chi-raq San Francisco- the best option, but stupid expensive New Orleans- have you watched the news? 😳
Out of the honorable mentions, the only good ones are Seattle, Houston, Dallas and maybe Nashville and maybe Cincy
I forgot about Denver. I personally don't know enough about the city and area, but you might destroy about half of the competitiors, especially marathoners and cyclists and triathletes. I also don't know how you'll deal with surfing and some water sports. Same with Vegas. It's hot as ballsack there and not exactly the safest. They also probably won't host it minimally until they see success with major sports leagues cause of the gambling thing... And the water sports issue. It's literally in the middle of the desert
Boston already voted it down. I think L. A. Would be good. It has the infrastructure already in place and the experience from doing it 32 years ago. There are plans in the works to bring it for the 2024 Olympics.
Even though Atlanta hosted a decent Olympics I still though it was funny. I mean Atlanta Georgia is the last place most would have ever expected an Olympics to be hosted.
I agree with that. Charlotte wouldn't be so bad if the North Carolina Governor wasn't such a bigot. He started the whole mess about the bathrooms not Charlotte. Charlotte actually approved gender neutral bathrooms but the Governor used his power to stop it
Nope. Corporate Dollars. Coca-Cola is a major supporter of the Olympics, their headquarters are in Atlanta. So a lot of their dollars greased the IOC's palms as well as Ted Turner who owns CNN, TBS, Cartoon Network was at the time one of the richest men in America. So they paid off the IOC to have Atlanta host the games instead of Athens Greece where they rightfully should have been for the 100th anniversary of the modern olympics. Atlanta did ok with it though, but could have waited a few years.
Fun fact all of my choices were candidates for the 2024 Olympics by the USOC, but Los Angeles was chosen as the main US candidate. Here are the others: Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D. C., Indianapolis, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, St. Louis, Tulsa, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Seattle, Charlotte, Portland, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Detroit, Columbus, Nashville, Rochester, and Denver.
yeah your right Dublin hasn't had the Olympics. As I well I think countries who haven't had it should have it. I think the Olympics may be as corrupt as the fifa world cup
I'm not opposed to Africa getting the Olympic Games, I'm just saying none of their bids were accepted. I'm all for new host nations getting the games. Hence why I'm opposed to U. S. A. hosting the games, especially as they have already hosted the games four times and as recently as 1996. They also keep bidding every Olympics unsuccessfully.
The Americans should never host the Olympics again. The next Olympics should be either Rome or Paris. Both are historic cities and are right to host the games.
No they shouldn't. But Europe is a continent, not a country like the U. S. A. It is not about Europe hosting the games it is about a city hosting them.
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