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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) could narrow down candidates to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games by the end of this year and elect a winner in the summer of 2023 claimed United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chair Susanne Lyons Monday. Speaking during a conference call following the USOPC board of […]
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Vancouver city council could put the fate of the city’s 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games bid in the hands of constituents when it debates the possibility of a plebiscite at next Tuesday’s council meeting. According to the motion introduced by Colleen Hardwick, a councilor who had been vocally opposed to a bid when it […]
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Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) president Alejandro Blanco confirmed Wednesday that plans for a Madrid 2036 Olympic Games bid have been abandoned on the advice of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who believe Spain will have a better shot at hosting the 2030 Winter Games instead. “I have had several meetings with the mayor of Madrid […]
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Residents in Sapporo and across Hokkaido prefecture have indicated support for Japan’s 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid according to the results of a new poll released by government officials Wednesday. According to the survey published March 14, 52 percent of postal mail respondents are either “in favor” or “somewhat in favor” of “holding the […]
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Two-time Winter Olympian in Alpine Skiing Mònica Bosch was named coordinator of the Pyrenees-Barcelona 2032 Olympic Winter Games bid last week and will be charged with leading the technical team as it builds a proposal for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be delivered later this year. Bosch, who has led the Catalan Winter Sports […]
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Organizers in 17 cities across the United States are waiting for a final announcement from FIFA that will tell them if their cities will stage matches for the 2026 Football World Cup. The final word is expected in April or May with only about 11 of those cities expected to make the list. President of […]
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Ukraine has continued to prepare a bid to host the 2030 Olympic Winter Games despite escalating tensions due to the Russian buildup of troops along the border, sport minister Vadym Huttsait said Friday. Last year Huttsait declared Ukraine’s entry into the 2030 Olympic bid race and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later confirmed ambitions with International […]
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I have split this into a separate thread. The previous thread referred specifically to the GamesBids.com main site and not the forums.
GamesBids.com Forums cannot be compared directly to Skyscrapercity.com or Totallympics.com because one is a company "With over 800 forum communities, VerticalScope provides the technology that powers the community. Our team of volunteer moderators and administrators watch over the content, and actively patrol for spam, user behavioural issues, and make sure threads are in the right categories" and the other is a site more dedicated and integrated with the forums.
Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to extensively moderate a full-featured forum and have disabled some features for very specific security and liability reasons. As some of you may know/remember, there have been times in the past where the forums were subpoenaed for information in civil and criminal lawsuits - and restrictions on some of the services you mentioned help reduce the risk and costs in the future (though it may not seem obvious).
For over 20 years we have offered this service, mostly without charge. This forum is not for profit but as a service to support users of our main website.
We will consider a couple of your minor suggestions, but we can't consider them all. Thanks for your interest and continued support.
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For Wikipedia users/editors out there.
Someone has marked GamesBids, an entry that has been on Wikipedia for several years, for deletion. There is some concern over its notability.
If you have a moment, please take a look at the entry here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GamesBids
Anyone can edited/add/update the article as long as they follow the rules. You can also comment on the notability of the site. If you are not sure how to do this, help is available here.
I know in the past some users on this site have maintained the article, and have added such features as BidIndex. I think Wikipedia serves to provide useful background of this site to those interested so it would be shame to let it get deleted by those who don't really understand the significance of the Olympic bid process and the niche this website fills.
Your attention is appreciated!
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Australia’s Victoria state has been positioned to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games after officials signed an agreement with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) to enter “an exclusive dialogue period” aimed at vetting the bid. The so-called Heads of Agreement gives the parties two months to fully explore and assess a […]
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The Australian state of Tasmania has emerged with plans to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, countering work already rumored underway by Victoria for a Melbourne centered project. Tasmania’s Sport Minister Jane Howlett said Thursday her state is ready to move forward with plans that would feature Hobart and Launceston as hosts. “Our government is […]
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Skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing are now officially included on the Los Angeles 2028 sport program after International Olympic Committee (IOC) members voted to accept the plans as proposed last year. In an unrecorded vote members attending the IOC Session held in Beijing Thursday and others joining remotely online approved the LA 2028 sport program […]
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The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) Tuesday added its signature to a collaboration agreement among four First Nations in British Columbia, the City of Vancouver and the Municipality of Whistler to jointly conduct a privately funded feasibility study on hosting the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. By joining the agreement first signed by stakeholders in […]
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Bid delegations preparing to travel to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to learn about hosting the Games have had to change their plans. Last week the International Olympic Committee (IOC) canceled the so-called National Olympic Committee (NOC) Observer Programme that has been designed to allow potential bid cities to experience the nuances of hosting a […]
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According to a Catalan government poll taken in December, over 73 per cent across the region support a bid to host the 2030 Olympic Winter Games in Pyrenees and Barcelona. The results of the survey obtained by the Catalan News Agency tabulate responses from 1,506 people across Catalonia including Alt Pirineu and Aran Veguería and […]
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Reports have emerged that the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has approached Australian officials asking them to host the its 2026 marquee event in Melbourne, four years ahead of its potential plans to stage the event in 2030. With only a little more than four years to go until the Opening Ceremony, the CGF is struggling […]
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GamesBids.com presents the fourteenth annual Top Ten list of Olympic Bid Stories for 2021. These stories impacted the course of Olympic host bids, or the Olympic bid process, and formed interesting plot lines and story arcs for the year. It was a second year with you-know-what, and everything has been different. But it was also […]
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Ukrainian officials have plotted a path to hosting the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games that now includes a campaign to hold the 2028 Youth Olympic Winter Games. Earlier this year officials including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Minister of Youth and Sports Vadym Huttsait said they were committed to a bid for the 2030 […]
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Those surveyed across British Columbia are virtually split over the possibility of returning the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to Vancouver and Whistler in 2030, after hosting for the first time in 2010. According to a new survey by Leger, 34 per cent of respondents across the Canadian province from December 17 to 19 said they […]
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On Tuesday the first meeting of the Technical Commission for the proposed Pyrenees-Barcelona-Zaragoza 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Games was held at Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) headquarters in Madrid. Barcelona is looking to be only the second city to host both the Summer and Winter editions of the Games after Beijing becomes first to do it […]
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The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said Friday that they have made “tremendous progress” towards hosting the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City as early as 2030. The announcement came after Friday’s Board of Directors meeting held in the hopeful host city. USOPC CEO Susanne Lyons said her team is “deeply in […]
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Salt Lake City’s bid to host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in either 2030 or 2034 Monday announced a projected organizing budget of USD $2.2 billion. The new numbers were revealed following Strategic Board and Governing Board meetings of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games (SLC-UT) held at Rice-Eccles Stadium – site […]
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The four First Nations of British Columbia’s Sea-to-Sky Region that includes the City of Vancouver and the Municipality of Whistler will front a possible Vancouver 2030 Olympic Winter Games bid after the signing of an historic memorandum of understanding on Friday. Chiefs of the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, Musqueam and Líl̓wat Nations will lead the project, marking […]
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Representatives from four First Nations, the City of Vancouver and Town of Whistler will announce Friday an initial step towards a bid to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. According to a media advisory released Thursday and local reports, the signing of a memorandum of understanding among partners will launch the “exploration of […]
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Motion to hold public vote on Vancouver 2030 Olympic bid withdrawn by city councilor
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The Vancouver city council motion to prepare a plebiscite over the possible Vancouver 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid was unexpectedly cancelled Tuesday by its originator, before any debate on the matter. Councillor Colleen Hardwick, who has been opposed to the bid for a second Games in Vancouver, cancelled her motion that first appeared in […]
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