Sochi 2014

[RidgeRacer]

My bad GS. Hopefully we won't have to sit through figure skating to see it.

[AngryHugo]

My bad GS. Hopefully we won't have to sit through figure skating to see it.

 

It may be worth the wait.

 

[Johnny Law]

Man ligety is a treat to watch, he's so far ahead of the gates, his angulation is so high it's ridiculous.

 

What a beast, a second faster in the Olympics..

[Johnny Law]

Looking like God damn nostradamus.....should have put some money on it....

[Ride Delaware ?]

Burke Mountain Academy represents. Shiffrin eases to gold.

[toast21602]

Great editorial about the upcoming Olympics, for those interested.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-no-one-wants-to-host-the-2022-olympics-225450509.html

[Schif]

I'm not surprised at all that most countries aren't interested in this. Between the IOC, and the fact that 90% of these facilities are useless after the events are over, it doesn't make any sense to build them in the first place. If everyone could get on the same page and realize that the opulence and insane infrastructure isn't worth it, then maybe the games would scale back into something a little more desirable for host countries. 

 

The concept of building an Olympic Village in somewhere where there was once nothing sounds like an economic boon at first, but the sad reality of the last few olympics is that it's simply not true. If you look at Vancouver, they did it right. Used existing facilities, and built only a few extras. Currently it seems like almost everything they did for the games has been re-purposed and is in use. 

[Ride Delaware ?]

I'm not surprised at all that most countries aren't interested in this. Between the IOC, and the fact that 90% of these facilities are useless after the events are over, it doesn't make any sense to build them in the first place. If everyone could get on the same page and realize that the opulence and insane infrastructure isn't worth it, then maybe the games would scale back into something a little more desirable for host countries.

 

The concept of building an Olympic Village in somewhere where there was once nothing sounds like an economic boon at first, but the sad reality of the last few olympics is that it's simply not true. If you look at Vancouver, they did it right. Used existing facilities, and built only a few extras. Currently it seems like almost everything they did for the games has been re-purposed and is in use.

I was up at Whistler a year before the Olympics, and while I don't know what they did with Olympian housing, I can say that the improvements they made to the Whistler base area were very integrated and not opulent additions that would never be used. It was also an excellent time to increase the roadway to two lanes in each direction. Almost all of those improvements should be used for years to come.

[toast21602]

I sort of hope they put an end to the Olympics. It's a waste of taxpayer money.

You're a waste too, but we haven't put an end to you yet.

[NMSKI]

Crazy how it works. I came across this the other day

 

http://news.distractify.com/culture/sports/haunting-images-of-abandoned-olympic-venues/

[Johnny Law]

Next Olympics.....Palmerton....can put the athlete's village on the asbestos quarry....

[Zonked]

I've been to Sarajevo and saw some of the places. It's pretty beat up. Sarajevo in general still has some rough areas to look at. You would have never guessed it hosted the winter Olympics 

[Johnny Law]

I've been to Sarajevo and saw some of the places. It's pretty beat up. Sarajevo in general still has some rough areas to look at. You would have never guessed it hosted the winter Olympics 

 

A war will do that to a place.......they hold the record for the longest siege in modern warfare...

[moe ghoul]

I sort of hope they put an end to the Olympics. It's a waste of taxpayer money.

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