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NATO Summit in Chicago

07 May 2012 - 12:37 PM

The city is preparing to host the NATO Summit on May 20th and 21st. Due to road closures for security purposes, and the possibility of protesters flocking to the city, I have come across many people who are mildly freaking out.

We shall see if people have a different view after the conferece, but right now any possibilty for the city supporting a future Olympic bid in the near term seems very remote. People here just don't seem to support being on the world stage if it is going to inconvenience them for one weekend, let alone several weeks if it were an Olympics.

I saw a report on the news where one married couple is traveling out of state, simply because their apartment is on one of the protester's routes, and "they want to be able to come and go as they please". Hilarious.

French Election

04 May 2012 - 08:49 AM

Any of you Europeans have thoughts about the ucoming presidential election?

It looks like the socialists will pull out a win.

A world without the Olympics?

24 April 2012 - 08:54 AM

Just a question I thought about today....

Say the modern Olympics never existed, would the world be worse off?

What changes (positive or negative) do you think the Olympics have contributed to the global community?

What do you think things would be like without the Games?

I know some of this is hard to quantify, but I am just interested in your personal opinion.

What would you do with 640+ million dollars?

29 March 2012 - 12:57 PM

The $640 million Mega Millions jackpot in the U.S. is the largest in world history, and it seems like every person I know is buying a ticket.

What would you do if you were to win such a large lottery?

After the lump sum reduction and taxes, your take home sum would be around $340 million. 42 states and Washington D.C. participate in the Mega Millions Lottery.




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Mega Millions jackpot hits $540 million -- and could go higher

The Mega Millions lottery hit $540 million on Thursday, and people endured long lines for a chance at winning the hefty jackpot – an amount that could rise as more tickets are sold for Friday’s drawing.

“I have never seen so many people inside one store,” Jessie Rae Vaglivielo, a clerk at Hallelujah Junction, a one-stop gas and convenience store in Honey Lake, Calif., near the Nevada border, told msnbc.com on Thursday. It was the California woman’s fifth day on the job and she didn’t have time to talk -- she was selling tickets to dozens of people who had lined up.

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Denver 2022/2026 Winter Bid Details

23 February 2012 - 11:17 PM

It's still very early and undecided whether the USOC will even put forward a bid for 2022, but I thought I would open a thread to discuss Denver's capabilities for hosting the next Winter Games in the United States. Sure, there is questions about civic support, IOC skeptism, financing the Games, etc., but I thought that it would be important to share specifics about what their potential bid could look like.

Plus, both the Governor of Colorado (who just so happens to be the former mayor of Denver), and the current Mayor strongly support the bid. Those are two steps in the right direction...


Local News Video About the Potential of a Bid
http://bcove.me/z2yvgoqw


Potential Venues

Sports Authority Field - Opening/Closing Ceremonies (capacity - 76,000)
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Pepsi Center - Figure Skating or Hockey (capacity - 18,000)
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Denver Coliseum - Figure Skating / Short Track Speed Skating (capacity - 8,700)
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Coors Events Center - Boulder, CO - Ice Hockey (capacity - 11,000)
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Magness Arena - Denver, CO - Curling (capacity - 6,200)
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