2020 Olympics
2020 Olympics
Chidambaram expressed hope that India would be able to stage the Olympic Games in 2020. India must be able to pitch for hosting the Olympics in 2020 if not 2016. 3
St. Petersburg earlier bid for the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was not selected as one of the five candidate cities. The Games were subsequently held in Athens, Greece. 6
The 2020 Summer Olympics (officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad) is a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee has yet to begin the selection process. A host city is expected to be announced in mid-2013. 4
A city with a mass-transit system far superior to Nashville’s. A city with one of the top five biggest convention centers in the country. A city with an 80,000 seat indoor stadium. And on, and on, and on… And with all that, and all the resources available to a city that is more than three times the size of Nashville, the 1996 games were still botched. The bottom line is that Nashville is simply not big enough or well-prepared enough to put together anything more than a laughable bid for the Summer Olympics. And the same will still be true in 10 years, no matter who’s elected or how hard everyone in the city works. It’s just not feasible. 2
Durban In April 2008, Durban was announced by the IOC as a candidate city for the 2011 International Olympic Committee Session. The official website of the City of Durban has also alluded to the idea of hosting the Olympic Games. 8
“The Olympic movement knows it needs to increase its presence in the Asian subcontinent as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh contribute nearly 22 percent of the world’s population. In theory, this is a win-win for the Olympic movement and the ICC and its members,” Gilchrist wrote. 7
That would be a good waste of Qatar’s time and money. Unless they can convince the world to hold the Olympics in winter (not considering conflict with the winter Olympics), how on earth can you have people competing in 50C weather? 9
He made the remarks following the hoisting of the Qatari flag at the Olympic Village in Beijing yesterday. Sheikh Tamim was in the Chinese capital to take part in the IOC plenary session, being held on the sidelines of the Beijing Olympic Games, the newspaper said. 5
