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Who wrote their horrible supporting document? While it's bad form to start off by slagging the snow in Pyeongchang, it's kinda made worse by the fact they don't have a downhill mountain and are probably looking for help from past Winter Olympic hosts way out in Western Canada. I like Quebec City and think they would make a magical Winter Olympic host, but they have a lot to sort out.

So...Vancouver 2030 has a bid corporation set up, including support from Vancouver 2010 CEO John Furlong. They even have a logo. They still have to get support from City Hall, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and others, but the early machinery is coming into place to pursue a bid for Winter 2030. Though so far, none of the publicly named members or sponsors of the 2030 bid group appear to be heavy hitters within the community, other than Furlong, who seems to be mostly just providing vocal supporter in the press (and likely consulting advice). https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bid-to-host-2030-olympi

The full opening ceremony of the Games of the XXI Olympiad. Includes the complete parade of athletes and speeches that previous Montreal 1976 videos had cut with slightly better quality (despite the Russian commentary from this Soviet-era broadcast). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI5fy9sD5kU&t=4672s

It looks like the Death Star caught in a whisk. Or an onion.

Came across this article (in French) from around the time of the 40th anniversary of the Montreal Olympics: http://www.quartierhochelaga.com/40-ans-jeux-olympiques/ ...and it included this interesting image of an early concept from 1971 for the Olympic Stadium and surrounding area.

Yeah, I think all these things are contributing factors to a much quieter forum. I was much more active before 2010, of course, because I was living in a (once) future Olympic host city and some of the competitions in that decade were heated affairs. Indeed, Olympic bidding from the 1992 Games onward to the 2020 Games was a pretty interesting time. But the next 10+ years look like a repeat of the 1970s and early 1980s.

So with 2024 off to Paris and 2028 heading for Los Angeles, there's basically 8 years before another bid cycle for the Summer Games. There's always something to discuss, but it got me thinking...What's the future for the central topic of GB and the Forums?

Nearly everyone in every Olympic city says "traffic will be terrible!" and then they're proven wrong. Having lived through the Olympics in my backyard (Vancouver in 2010), those 2 weeks were the easiest weeks for driving ever. LOL! Foot traffic, sidewalks, and plazas were very busy though.

It gets lit often. They spark it up for USC football games at the stadium, for example.

Do you think LA will reuse cauldron from the 1932 and 1984 Games?

My first time back to Gamesbids in a long time and I read this. "OMG! WTF?" I say to myself...then check the date stamp. Well played, GB. Well played.

So what's going on with China? Their medal haul doesn't seem to be up to snuff with what it has been for the past few Olympiads. At this stage (Wednesday of the Week 2), they are only one medal ahead of Britain (51-50), who have clearly benefited from London 2012. And they are well behind Team USA. Just a bad year? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/17/worst-olympic-flop-chinese-media-rio-medal-haul

I find this cauldron beautiful and disappointing all at the same time.

The cauldron lighter was attacked during the 2004 marathon. He had been leading. Ended up with the bronze. Kind of a nice vindication.

Yeah...CBC really botched the cultural opening, presenting instead the Games of the XXXI Commercialads.