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Member Since 20 Jul 2009
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In Topic: Madrid 2020 Stadium

07 December 2011 - 09:14 AM

View Postbaron-pierreIV, on 06 December 2011 - 12:15 PM, said:

Uhmmm...Rio is one culture away from Rome.

Well, Atlanta was representative of a heavily African-American presence...surely NOT Sydney.


Rio is one culture away from Rome... just like Madrid. Actually, Madrid is closer culturally to Rome than to Rio.

The ethnic composition of the peoples of Rio is also quite different from Madrid.

The LATIN label... I don't even know what it really means. A generalization, exactly like saying Atlanta, Sydney and London are all anglo-saxon.

View Postdeawebo, on 06 December 2011 - 12:18 PM, said:

Rio's culture has nothing to do with Madrid's! :lol: Rio is the carnival, party, nature.... Madrid is the Flamenco dancers we saw at last year's Champions League final...


Youre right by saying Barcelona isnt too latin, its catalan.... But both cities are completly difrent.... Maybe Buenos Aires and Madrid are the same type.... The venues might be boring but are more realistic though....

Flamenco is not typical from Madrid, it's typical from southern Spain. Of course there are flamenco shows in Madrid, but in Barcelona too, many Andalusians emigrated to Catalonia during the XXth century. There was flamenco in the Barcelona ceremonies, and the genre called "rumba catalana" which is close... created in Catalonia. Nothing is so simple.

Madrid is Castilian unlike Barcelona, not more "latin", that again doesn't make much sense. Catalans also "travelled" to the Americas. Shakira discovered she has some Catalan origins. :P


View Postbaron-pierreIV, on 06 December 2011 - 12:20 PM, said:

They all speak with a similar accent.

Any Spaniard understands spoken Italian much easier than spoken Portuguese. Wrong assumptions.

In Topic: Madrid 2020 Stadium

06 December 2011 - 11:52 AM

View Postbaron-pierreIV, on 06 December 2011 - 11:21 AM, said:

Another minus for Madrid: Rio 2016, Madrid 2020. TWO LATIN Games in a row? When has that happened? Highly unlikely.

Rio and Madrid may have as much in common as Rio and Rome.

Also, if we simplify things, Atlanta and Sydney, two English-speaking games in a row.

In Topic: Brisbane 2028

22 August 2011 - 06:38 AM

View PostFYI, on 14 August 2011 - 12:39 PM, said:

Many were saying that about Brazil, too. Let's save this premature judgement until after Guadalajara hosts the PanAm Games in October.



And don't forget that overwhelming support from a certain IOC president which happened to be his hometown. Even if Barcelona's plans were spread eagled, like Rio's were, they still would've won, nonetheless.

Geopolitics aso favoured Spain. Spain had never hosted and had just joined the EU (EEC back then) in 1986, having completed the transition to democracy.

In Topic: Madrid 2020

18 August 2011 - 08:06 AM

View PostRei, on 18 August 2011 - 03:46 AM, said:

I was reading news about the Pope visit in Madrid of these days and they tell about those indignados protesting the costs to set up the event.

Makes you wonder how they're going react to the approaching multi-billionaire bid.

Well, in this case they are protesting a religious event costing money to the state.

In Topic: Aquatics Centre Construction Thread

31 July 2011 - 12:46 PM

View PostOneTimeOnly, on 31 July 2011 - 10:21 AM, said:

Barcelona was a last minute replacement for 2013 so they are going to be uncovered again too, I believe, but there shouldn't be any more.

No, they will install a temporary pool at the Palau Sant Jordi, like in 2003, for swimming and synchro.
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