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[baron-pierreIV]

Hey, Sta. Paquita, Kansas, launched a bid in 2005--the model for Tulsa 2020!!

[Citius Altius Fortius]

OneTimeOnly, on 09 March 2010 - 06:41 PM, said:

P.S. Never mind, I see you meant that one for Yosemite. But Bear Mountain, wasn't that Big Bear in Southern California?

Nope, it was Bear Mountain New York? Never heard of the place...

Soaring_Higher, on 09 March 2010 - 06:44 PM, said:

According to Games Bids, Bear Mountain, NY put in a bid for 1932.

Well, according 100 Jahre Olympische Spiele by Karl Adolf Scherer it was really Bear Mountain in New York State (page 145)

Edited by Citius Altius Fortius, 10 March 2010 - 02:35 PM.

[Soaring]

My list was directly from the Games Bids website, and I think they weeded the cities out by posting only those who put in a bid with the IOC, not cities that did a study to see whether it was viable for them.

If we included that list, we would have well over 100 bids. Texas is a massive state, and it is a little surprising that they have never put forth an official bid. I know Houston and Dallas have made proposals, but they never went forth as an official bid with the IOC.

[Soaring]

Here are a few bid logos I found:

[FYI]

Soaring_Higher, on 10 March 2010 - 03:51 PM, said:

If we included that list, we would have well over 100 bids. Texas is a massive state, and it is a little surprising that they have never put forth an official bid. I know Houston and Dallas have made proposals, but they never went forth as an official bid with the IOC.

Not with the IOC, but officially with the USOC, both Dallas & Houston submitted bids. Both Dallas & Houston for 2012, & just Houston for 2016. Houston's bid campaign for 2012 lasted over 2 years until the USOC cut them in favor of NYC & SF. Their 2016 bid was very short-lived when the USOC axed them (along with Philly) in a matter of weeks after interested cities submitted applications to the USOC.

[baron-pierreIV]

It never really becomes official until it gets submitted to the IOC because then it bears the imprimatur of the USOC.

[FYI]

I just think that there's a big difference between bids that have actually been considered & evaluated by the USOC like Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles & Washington than off the wall ones that the USOC could care less about & wouldn't give them the time of day like Minneapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Birmingham & the most silly & delusional of them all, Tulsa.

Like you've said before, anybody can open their big mouth about wanting to bid for the Olympics, like Sta. Paquita, KS but that doesn't mean that they're gonna get any blip of attention from the USOC.

[Soaring]

I believe the list I included were all official bids to the IOC. I know rules changed preventing countries from submitting more than one city went into effect some time ago, but there is a clear shift after the 1980's to not throw in an old city.

Do any of you know much about Anchorage's 1992 and 1994 bids? They only received 7 votes in '92, but had the second highest in the first round in '94.

[Golan Trevize]

More logos:

Games Logos




Bids Logos

[baron-pierreIV]

Soaring_Higher, on 11 March 2010 - 10:07 AM, said:

Do any of you know much about Anchorage's 1992 and 1994 bids? They only received 7 votes in '92, but had the second highest in the first round in '94.

I once met the chairman of the Anchorage (I think '94) bid committee. Not meaning to be unkind, but kinda a colorless small-town huckster. I think if he (and his team) had been more charismatic, dynamic, that might have translated into a few more votes. I think the personalities of the main people are key if it comes down to a close vote.

(First time I've seen the Reno*-Tahoe logo. Seems very St. Louis.)

*Notice that Reno seems to take the lead.