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There are only so many "A tier" cities to go around - and not all of them are well suited to the Olympics (look at NY). My own city of Melbourne is a "B tier" city and has much of the necessary infrastructure to stage a 21st century Olympics. Brisbane is needing a lot more investment, its true, but I think Manchester is probably more Olympic ready than Brisbane is. The Sport City/Etihad precinct is basically an Olympic Park in waiting.
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Looking alot better than the miserable plan involving QEII. However this is certainly a massive departure to what was promised in 2021. Turns out all that rhetoric about sustainability and making use of existing venues was all bullshit. It was never possible in Brisbane which lacked the infrastructure to do it. Coates and Co lied. They knew all along this would rely on billions more from Australian taxpayers which will do nothing to make the Olympics more appealing to smaller cities.
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I truly cannot think of a host city that has been in such a constant state of disorganisation chaos. At least Montreal and Athens had firm plans for venues etc (it was just their delivery that was slow). I cannot emphasize enough how little time they have with these changing locations etc. I work in this field and I can tell you it takes YEARS to undertake detailed design/planning/approvals for infrastructure of this scale BEFORE you even get construction underway. Yes, they will expediate things however there is very little (if any) fat in the timeline now as contingency. The benefit of the "old norm" is that bid cities DEFINED these plans and processes PRIOR to the IOC being locked into them. Yes, they had seven years but they had years before that preparing bids. No host city since Melbourne in 1956 had uncertainty over its stadium location less than 7 years out from the Games.
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It's the Courier Mail - News Corp owned rubbish rag.
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There are three indoor tennis stadiums in Melbourne, plus one of the largest indoor complex of courts in the world next door at Tennis World. Just saying.
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Its not a shitshow at all. LA28 is staging some events in Oklahoma City, the Bay Area, etc... Having both Tennis and Football held next to each right where the 1956 Olympics were held could be quite special.
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GamesBids.com Top Ten: Olympic Bid Stories of 2024 and More
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I'm not a graphic designer but I love graphic design. I've used Apple Leynote to put this together in about an hour or so (a lot of downtime in Christmas holidays!) I think the 2002 logo had a really strong colour palette which captured the American west beautifully... I love that contrast between the ice and the desert. Instead of reinventing the wheel I've tried to recapture the essence of 2002 whilst also bringing something authentic, recognisable and simple to the table for 2034. I'm a fan of the 80s logos, and trapezoid shapes in formation (like LA84). I'm a big fan of Sydney 2000-style font and think we are well overdue for something that brash again. The Olympic logo has five shapes for five American Winter Olympics, and the Paralympic logo has two for two American Winter Paralympics. The right angle of the mountain is 234 degrees! Thats it in terms of symbolism...