Rio de Janeiro to Host 2016 Summer Olympics

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It’s official!

Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics. It will be the first time that South America hosts an Olympic Games. Congratulations to Rio.
 
Not really too surprised. They did make a good presentation. After all, they are already hosting the World Cup in 2014, so they definitely have facilities. It'll be interesting to see what they do. Now to see what happens for the 2020 Olympics.
 
Well it looks like the US will push really hard for the 2022 World Cup then... they're going to have to beat Australia. :rolleyes:
 
Lol early planning or something? I mean the one before that is in 2012....
 
Why the 2022 World Cup? theres one on in 2018 but you will be up against us>>>
I wasnt surpised byt the decision to be fore Rio
it was either going to be them or Tokyo both were i think very strong bids
 
ashita said:
Why the 2022 World Cup? theres one on in 2018 but you will be up against us>>>
I wasnt surpised byt the decision to be fore Rio
it was either going to be them or Tokyo both were i think very strong bids
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England has 2018 all sewn up, but 2022 is up for grabs but I think it will either go to the US or Australia.
 
Except Rio is going to destroyed in 2012! I saw it on TV!

LOL.
 
I'm glad South America got the Olympics. Also lol'd@ Chicago being taken out first.
 
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But isn't 2012 the winter olympics?
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Nope. Next winter Olympics are 2010 in Vancouver. Then 2014 in Sochi, Russia. There is an Olympics every two years, but the types themselves happen every four. 2008 had the summer games in Beijing.
 
I'm really glad for RdJ having got it.

The setting is utterly beautiful, so it will make for a great scene of friendship.

It was between Madrid and Rio, and I'm glad Madrid lost. Yes, Madrid is kinda exotic but, I don't think desert is what the committee had in mind.

I'm both glad and disheartened that Chicago lost it. I could've made plans to actually go to a Games. I'm glad Chicago lost because I really think Obama and Oprah needed to keep their mouths shut, because from what was seen, the committee really could've cared that they were there supporting. Also, I know what major tourism is like, I live right by a city that hosts the world's largest roller coaster theme park and is also one of the cities with the most water parks in it in the world, so I can honestly understand as to why the citizens were opposing it.

I'm also glad that Tokyo didn't win. I didn't want Tokyo to win because I wouldn't be able to go, I'm sure. It is one of my later-in-life goals to go to an Olympic Games held in Tokyo, and if they were to have been held this early in my life, something tells me that they wouldn't be held again during my lifetime, or at during my mobile lifetime. (I mean not during my old man years! XD)


So that's what I have to say... ._.
 
Why Chicago may have lost
NY Times said:
Did Chicago lose the chance to host the 2016 Olympics because of airport security issues?

Among the toughest questions posed to the Chicago bid team this week in Copenhagen was one that raised the issue of what kind of welcome foreigners would get from airport officials when they arrived in this country to attend the Games. Syed Shahid Ali, an I.O.C. member from Pakistan, in the question-and-answer session following Chicago’s official presentation, pointed out that entering the United States can be “a rather harrowing experience.”

President Obama, who was there as part of the 10-person team, assured Mr. Ali that all visitors would be made to feel welcome. “One of the legacies I want to see is a reminder that America at its best is open to the world,” he said.”

But Mr. Obama’s assurances may have not been enough to assuage critics like Mr. Ali. A few hours later the Games went to Rio de Janiero.

The exchange underscores what tourism officials here have been saying for years about the sometimes rigorous entry process for foreigners, which they see as a deterrent to tourism. Once the news came out that Chicago lost its Olympic bid, the U.S. Travel Association didn’t miss an opportunity to point that out, sending out a critical press release within hours.

“It’s clear the United States still has a lot of work to do to restore its place as a premier travel destination,” Roger Dow, U.S. Travel’s president, said in the statement released today. “When IOC members are commenting to our President that foreign visitors find traveling to the United States a ‘pretty harrowing experience,’ we need to take seriously the challenge of reforming our entry process to ensure there is a welcome mat to our friends around the world, even as we ensure a secure system.”

International travel to the U.S. declined by 10 percent in the first quarter of 2009 according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. To lure visitors back, U.S. Travel has been pushing the Travel Promotion Act, which recently was passed in the Senate and is awaiting action in the House, to create a campaign to strengthen the image of the United States abroad.
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http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/chicagos-loss-is-passport-control-to-blame/
 
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