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I don't think the Games were dependent on LACC expansions. This is from an article last year when the expansion was first announced: "The Convention Center doesn’t need to be bigger to host Olympic events such as table tennis and fencing. Still, city leaders want to use the international gathering as an impetus to start construction." If anything, the LACC expansion itself proved a possible risk to the Games due to the short timeline: "The expansion plan, if it proceeds from there, could cost $4.78 billion over 30 years, including debt on any loans. But if engineers conclude in the coming months that it can’t be completed in time for the Olympics or will go over budget, it won’t go forward, city analysts said Tuesday." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-03/la-city-council-moves-forward-revamped-convention-center-plan-ahead-of-2028-olympics
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The Whisky War between Canada and Denmark has been reignited as now both countries are "interested" in taking over California: https://ktla.com/news/california/thousands-of-danes-sign-petition-to-buy-california-from-u-s/ https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/canadian-lawmaker-offers-take-washington-oregon-california-new-provinces/LPFT7I4AYBGCLHBKVOB2TIFQOQ/
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(this one I didn't make, it's taken from the SLC-UT 2034 social media accounts )
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well damn https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-07/document-immigration-enforcement-action "Federal law enforcement agents are planning to carry out a “large scale” immigration enforcement action in the Los Angeles area before the end of February, according to an internal government document reviewed by The Times."
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Balich Wonder Studio will be in charge of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of Torino 2025, which will take place on March 8 and 16 at Inalpi Arena.
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Milano Cortina 2026
Bear replied to AustralianFan's topic in Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games
The countdown clock has been installed in Milan: It is designed to resemble a snow globe (snow cube?), featuring a "special airflow system that creates a continuous artificial snowfall effect within a transparent cube, surrounding the Milano Cortina 2026 emblem." https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/omega-unveils-countdown-clock-to-mark-one-year-to-go-until-milano-cortina-2026 -
Carson and Anaheim are both blue, and voted for Kamala Harris this election. Even then, they do not have a white supremacist problem as in Huntington Beach. As for OKC, while I do not know much about their politics, I see that their (yes, Republican) mayor has a section on Wikipedia labeled "Opposition to Trumpism", while other sections contain the following: Holt proclaimed "Indigenous Peoples' Day" for the first time in city history, proclaimed "Pride" for the first time in city history to honor the LGBTQ community, and stated publicly that immigrants are welcome in Oklahoma City. Holt has joined official celebrations commemorating the city's civil rights movement and included a $26 million civil rights center in the MAPS 4 initiative. The city also added a diversity and inclusion officer to the city staff. ..... During the 2020 protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Holt attended protests. He met with Black Lives Matter leaders and created a task force to look at law enforcement policies and a task force to look at reinstatement of the city's Human Rights Commission. Meanwhile, the mayor of Huntington Beach is a full on Trump cult member and is ensuring his city adopts the MAGA agenda. OKC was the only choice unless you wanted to be left with white elephant venues after the Games end. Huntington Beach is one choice out of two. There is precedent for politics causing venue changes, anyways: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/pride-how-a-tiny-gay-activist-group-defied-the-odds-to-push-the-olympics-out-of-cobb-county/
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Incredibly racist, declared itself a "non-sanctuary city" and is now actively suing the state over our sanctuary laws, plenty of this:
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*i hope they don't get it
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HB had my vote for its proximity to the rest of the LA28 venues, but now that president chomp is in the white house, the last place you want to be is a place like huntington beach. i they don't get it.
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Bear replied to AustralianFan's topic in Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games
I believe Cortina d'Ampezzo doesn't have an English translation, so we still say "Cortina d'Ampezzo" in English. I kept "Milano" because that is what is used in the Games wordmark. Thanks for the input though, I'll definitely keep it in mind for when I do the Paralympic variant for their milestone next month. -
Milano Cortina 2026
Bear replied to AustralianFan's topic in Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games
365 days. The next Olympic Games are officially one year away, and to celebrate (and to distract myself from the ongoing horrors), I decided to make a simple poster for the occasion: -
On a side note, I increasingly believe that a diplomatic boycott should (and probably will) be considered for the Games, and even more so for the FIFA World Cup matches hosted in the US. I hate that it's come to this, particularly as one who has been waiting for like half of their entire existence for the Games to come home, but we cannot legitimize this administration's actions in any way.