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  1. LA in 4 years time want to do a two stadium ceremony to symbolise the old and new with the Opening at the Coliseum and SoFi (Inglewood). Main OC at Inglewood with protocol element at the Coliseum and the roles reversed for the CC with the first segment at the Coliseum then the protocol (lowering of the flag, handover, Brisbane 2032 preview and extinguishing of the flame) at Inglewood. 

    Wonder how this will work. 

  2. On 1/27/2024 at 7:43 AM, Australian Kiwi said:

    Vancouver 2010 was the first Winter Olympics I paid close attention to, but haven't really been that invested in them much before or since. I liked the Sochi ceremony, even though it was a piece of Putinist theatre. 

    Why does Lillehammer 1994 hold so much nostalgia? It seems to really outshine Albertville in the history books. 

    Sochi were the first WOG live into Australia on free to air TV via the Ten Network who were broadcasting their first Olympics since Seoul 1988. 

     

  3. Rio 2016 was held in the Southern Hemisphere Winter and Brisbane in 2032 will be the 2nd Summer Olympics held in the Southern Hemisphere winter.

    Sydney had 7 years to prepare for the Games from the day Samaranch said "The Winner Is Sydney" to the lighting of the Cauldron at Stadium Australia. The Gabba is old and is the smallest Olympic Stadium at 50,000. 

  4. 7 hours ago, dreamyeyes12 said:

    The opening ceremony was short, straight to the point, solid and well planned. Really loved the story of this opening ceremony. Still better than the poop show that Dentsu did for Tokyo olympics ceremonies after they disgustingly kicked Mikiko out. 

    Better than the last two normal Olympic ceremonies. South Korea knows how to put on a show!

    For the Closing if no host selected it'll be simply "see you at the IVth  Youth Winter Olympics in 2028" without a host city mentioned. 

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  5. Sydney had teething problems during the build up with the SLC 2002 bribery scandal hovering over the IOC during the lead-up to the 2000 Olympics. Also the beach volleyball venue at Bondi drew controversy and weeks before the Opening Ceremony a grand jury indicted the former SLCOOG 2002 president and vice president. Sydney in the end hosted "The Best Olympic Games Ever" 

    Even then the Sydney Olympics had budget and cost blowouts 

  6. Nine Network is the home of sport in Australia with the Olympics tied with them for 8 years. 7 had the Olympics from 2016-2022 and placed a bid for approx AUD230 million -AUD250 million. NEC in February paid AUD305 million. The offer from the former home of the Olympics was less than that from NEC. 

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