Next Olympics Competition.

[fatixxx]

Fantasy 2020 Olympic GB Competition:

Applicant City : Istanbul

Candidate City : Istanbul

Main Slogan : Bicontinental Games

Sub Slogan : Reaching High

Philosophical Slogan : Come - Even Who you are - Come (citate: Mevlana)

This philosophical slogan embodies en emphesize

the spiritual feeling and disipline of sport

in the innerside of the Olympist.

And dignifies the pure and clean side of Sports in General

Main Theme of the Logo

1- A dwerling Dervish

2- Geographical map lines of the city of Istanbul

3- Embodies the cultural aspect of culture being one with the city (respectively and also the 3 religions)

4- Dwerling in spiritual phases to Reach the high in pureness and disipline of the body

5- Cultural Clothing also reflects the 2 bridges overspanning the bosphorus

6- The Logo establishes the east and west concept as BI-CONTINENTAL, therefore " BICONTINENTAL GAMES "

Looking forward to set dates for this Comp !!

My proposal (everybody set her/his own dates (2 weeks or 1 month with dates)

So we can take the middel of all the contestants.

Best regards

fatih civelek

Our Logo will be the Center-Master-Piece of the Bicontinental Games in 2020 Just next the Olympic Stadium !!

[Lord David]

Good lord, this is just great!!! I am very impressed. It's hard work though, I think I have too little time. And the Vienna bid is already done. And I really like it. I am very surprised about Hirtenberg as co-host. I have never heard about this village yet. Why did you choose Hirtenberg, a 2,500 inhabitants village?

I also found a few mistakes, but only details... A little bit unrealistic is the point public opinion. I think that the majority of the people isn't for the games, maybe not against but neither for it. That wouldn't be typical Viennese. The Prater cluster would also be a big problem because the Prater is holy in Vienna. For the UEFA Euro 2008 they had to fell maybe 10 trees due to safety reasons and that was nearly impossible...^^ But I can't imagine olympics in Vienna without a Prater cluster, so Olympics in Vienna would be very, very complicated, nearly impossilbe...

Hirtenberg was chosen due to it's existing shooting complex. It could have a temporary archery and modern pentathlon running/riding area and a bmx park. There could also be a permanent equestrian center.

As for Prater, that is the site of the Olympic Park due to the fact that the stadium and some venues already exist there. concerns about utilization of the park are put away thanks to a reasonable mix of permanent and temporary venues.

3 Clusters, accessible by rail and venues scattered around the city seem good enough to me. After all, compactness is the key! It's not impossible unless they try (again)!

[Querque]

Hirtenberg was chosen due to it's existing shooting complex. It could have a temporary archery and modern pentathlon running/riding area and a bmx park. There could also be a permanent equestrian center.

As for Prater, that is the site of the Olympic Park due to the fact that the stadium and some venues already exist there. concerns about utilization of the park are put away thanks to a reasonable mix of permanent and temporary venues.

3 Clusters, accessible by rail and venues scattered around the city seem good enough to me. After all, compactness is the key! It's not impossible unless they try (again)!

Yes I love the concept, it's really great. I studied the concept for a second time now and I am still very impressed. I would only change maybe one or two venues, that's it. I didn't mean that it is impossible if they try, I meant it is impossible that they try. As I know the Viennese policy I can't imagine that they try it... and it would be typical Viennese if the people would be against it too. And as I already said, building one, two or three new arenas and maybe an aquatic centre in the Prater, many, many people would fret about it and so the politicians would not wanna burn their fingers. And to be honest, Vienna doesn't need the games. It is the city with the highest standard of living worldwide, it's a touristical centre, an econimical centre as it is called the door to the East and to Asia, it is a political centre as many headquarters of very important organisations are there. So I think Vienna doesn't need and doesn't want the games... unfortunately... I like the idea of summer olympics there.

[Mau2010]

When is the deadline? I 'm about to choose the city I'll bid (I'll tell you today later)

[Lord David]

Yes I love the concept, it's really great. I studied the concept for a second time now and I am still very impressed. I would only change maybe one or two venues, that's it. I didn't mean that it is impossible if they try, I meant it is impossible that they try. As I know the Viennese policy I can't imagine that they try it... and it would be typical Viennese if the people would be against it too. And as I already said, building one, two or three new arenas and maybe an aquatic centre in the Prater, many, many people would fret about it and so the politicians would not wanna burn their fingers. And to be honest, Vienna doesn't need the games. It is the city with the highest standard of living worldwide, it's a touristical centre, an econimical centre as it is called the door to the East and to Asia, it is a political centre as many headquarters of very important organisations are there. So I think Vienna doesn't need and doesn't want the games... unfortunately... I like the idea of summer olympics there.

Yes, yes, Vienna doesn't need the games, but it's an opportunity for them to want the games. A chance to show the world that they're not just a winter sports nation, that they can match others in the summer sports too. Given the already existing sporting venues, having some temporary arenas, a legacy of a new indoor aquatics center, community multipurpose center etc, will help convince the public that it was all worth while.

A greater chance for a city, which houses a UN complex to further cement peace in the Olympic movement.

And above all, there will be a spectacular opening ceremony at Ernst-Happel Stadium, where we begin with a presentation of the Spanish Horses, perhaps even a proper more precise version of Sydney 2000's Olympic Rings horses segment. After the initial artistic presentation, 5 floats, representing the 5 Olympic continents, each with a "mini orchestra" of musicians and musical instruments native and traditional to those regions, come out for the parade of athletes, as in turn, each "mini orchestra", plays classical music, using nontraditional instruments as the athletes march past (a change from pop music, military music, or even those mixed by DJ).

Then team Austria comes out, to the tune of "Radetzky March" played by everyone in the "world orchestra" in an interesting interpretation of the classic, in which of course, at the end of the opening ceremony, as fireworks blaze away, the Radetzky March is played, perhaps not for the last time, by the Vienna Philharmonic, to open a spectacular games.

After 17 days of immense competition, we return to Ernst-Happel Stadium one last time, listening to various Austrian artists and bands, watching the handover ceremony, perhaps even the tune of Pachabel's Canon in D minor as played electric guitar style, then the glorious Radetzky March at the end of the ceremony one last time.

They may not need it, but think of the glory they will get if they do host, after all, they made a bid once, why not again?

When is the deadline? I 'm about to choose the city I'll bid (I'll tell you today later)

Deadline? There is not deadline, well at least not yet, perhaps we'll have a cut off or deadline for a few weeks time?

[Mau2010]

So, I bid for Amsterdam, Netherlands:

In general the logo symbolizes the encounter from the past with the present and future, that's taking in count how past and present shake hands in this historic city with it's architecture and historic places in a developing city. Plus it reflects the Amsterdam's past and future as an Olympic venue convincing on how good it hosted the 1928 Summer Olympics and how better can they do it again in 2020.

Now, about the details:

- The "AMSTERDAM" word is typed in a modern font and with Netherlands flag's colors, "AMS" and "ERDAM" are in different colors while they're divided by a windmill which is placed as a "T" symbolyzing dutch windmills which are not only a Netherlands icon, but also a door to it's rich history.

- Both of "20s" have a brush stroke symbolizing Netherlands as a land of great painters like Van Gogh and Rembrandt, and again they have Netherlands flag's colors.

[demetrius]

I'm going to try to make it.

If it's for 2020 (?) then I would go with Lisboa-Lisbonne-Lisbon / Portugal

[Doc Steel]

Not a bad logo, Mau2010. Unfortunately, putting the sails of the windmill so close to each other in the center make it look like, well, another less savory logo.

[ddavenport]

INDIANAPOLIS 2020

Details will be forthcoming.

[Lord David]

Ok, due to the supposed potential controversy, regarding the original logo of La Habana 2020 depicting Che Guevara, the Cuban Olympic Committee has followed IOC advice and made a revised logo:

[Doc Steel]

I'm going to try something new for America:

Phoenix 2020

Logo forthcoming.

[cube]

love the Atlanata Logo

Lisbon logo is okay

Istanbul is really not the type of logo i like

Oslo, you are not allowed to use the rings before you are candiate city, so the logo wouldn´t work for a apllicant city

[mastersanders]

If we do an official 2020 bid competition, I think will bid as Washington D.C.

I missed the last two bid competitions. This will give me the chance I've been looking for.

By the way, I love the Atlanta logo. Living in the southeastern United States, the 1996 Olympics was my favorite olympiad.

[Mau2010]

Oslo, you are not allowed to use the rings before you are candiate city, so the logo wouldn´t work for a apllicant city

I guess that means I should change the logo too

[Lord David]

Well let's make a compromise ok? Everyone remove the Olympic rings from your logo if you have put them and change it from Candidate City to Applicant City. You may put Candidate City and the Rings once you have been selected as a Candidate City.

So for now, we're all applicants.

Failure to do so will not make you disqualified, I'll probably just do it myself!

Oh and let's make a cutoff for submissions? Perhaps this weekend maybe? i.e Friday the 26th will be the cutoff, at say 12 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time.

So just make your submission, no need for a logo, but anything afterwords may will be rejected!

[Lord David]

Cuban Olympic News 28/03/10:

The Cuban Olympic Committee has proposed the return of Baseball into the Olympic competition for men, and Softball for women.

Baseball, being the most popular and national sport in the country will be somewhat different to past Olympic competitions, should it even return to the Olympics if not indefinitely, but for these editions of the games.

In a somewhat different format, it's been proposed that being a popular national sport, Baseball should not be relegated to just 1 or 2 venues in Havana alone, but also in the 3 "sub-cities" chosen to host Football Preliminaries.

Knowing the differences in competition format with Baseball and Football, the competition format for Baseball in these Olympics will see all 4 matches of each day held at the same time at each of the 4 competition venues in the various cities.

An early morning start, will allow maximum time for competing teams to catch their next flight after a game and head towards their next venue.

To avoid being convenient to any one team, all teams will be required to fly off to a new venue for their next game.

This format, if accepted by the IOC and Baseball Federation, will see the national sport be played at a wider audience, that don't necessarily have the funds to come to Havana for the Olympics and will cement the Olympics and its glory to such a wider audience.

Cuban Olympic News, 28/03/10.

[Doc Steel]

Cuban Olympic News 28/03/10:

The Cuban Olympic Committee has proposed the return of Baseball into the Olympic competition for men, and Softball for women.

Baseball, being the most popular and national sport in the country will be somewhat different to past Olympic competitions, should it even return to the Olympics if not indefinitely, but for these editions of the games.

In a somewhat different format, it's been proposed that being a popular national sport, Baseball should not be relegated to just 1 or 2 venues in Havana alone, but also in the 3 "sub-cities" chosen to host Football Preliminaries.

Knowing the differences in competition format with Baseball and Football, the competition format for Baseball in these Olympics will see all 4 matches of each day held at the same time at each of the 4 competition venues in the various cities.

An early morning start, will allow maximum time for competing teams to catch their next flight after a game and head towards their next venue.

To avoid being convenient to any one team, all teams will be required to fly off to a new venue for their next game.

This format, if accepted by the IOC and Baseball Federation, will see the national sport be played at a wider audience, that don't necessarily have the funds to come to Havana for the Olympics and will cement the Olympics and its glory to such a wider audience.

Cuban Olympic News, 28/03/10.

The Phoenix Organizing Committee will implement a similar change to the Olympic format, with a distinction for the purposes of the Phoenix 2020 bid.

Baseball and softball will be added to the Olympic program (with the permission of the IOC), with each sport taking place at two of its own venues. All four stadiums for the sports will be located within the Phoenix metropolitan format, in the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Glendale.

[Alessia]

Ah OK we are all first applicants , sorry guys And yes , no Olympic Rings in Applicant Logo ...

Can I change my City ? So remove Oslo for HELSINKI pls

[Scotguy]

The Atlanta bid comittee recognises the proposals to bring baseball and softball back into the olympic programme. We too are in favour of this with the Centennial Olympic Stadium (Turner Field) the chosen venue

[Scotguy]

To avoid being convenient to any one team, all teams will be required to fly off to a new venue for their next game.

The Atlanta Bid Committee would like to express their concerns over this part of the bid as it does not promote a green games or help to reduce carbon emissions for the games. Atlanta on the other hand would have all baseball/softball venues within the main city zone, where athletes will not have to fly anywhere to play their sport.

[Lord David]

The Atlanta Bid Committee would like to express their concerns over this part of the bid as it does not promote a green games or help to reduce carbon emissions for the games. Atlanta on the other hand would have all baseball/softball venues within the main city zone, where athletes will not have to fly anywhere to play their sport.

Why should Atlanta be concerned about another bidding city's proposal? After all, the concept is not as such to promote a green games, though there are proposals in place to reduce emissions in the capital region.

The idea is to bring a little piece of the Olympics to cities that do not necessarily have the opportunity to come to Havana.

After all, 3 cities outside Havana have been selected as cities for Football Preliminaries, so why not also use existing baseball stadiums there for the baseball?

[Mau2010]

Amsterdam - March 28, 2010

The Amsterdam Olympic Organizing Comitee (AMOC) agreed to include baseball and softball in the new Olympic program if they win the bid for 2020 Olympic Summer Games.

The AMOC also accorded that due to the low capacity of spectators and the lack of space for renovation for Amsterdam Olympic Stadium, it was decided to build a new Olympic park which includes a new Olympic Stadium, an aquatic center, a new venue for gymnastics, some training fields and a media center.

Although the AMOC didn't exactly announced where the new olympic Park would be eventuelly located, it was told that a possible location could be close to the Amsterdam Arena where is rumored that the AMOC would look for a terrain to buy and eventually build the Olympic Park in case of winning the bid.

[Doc Steel]

Lord David, I know we'll probably have a couple weeks to complete our bid book, but are you going to post the requirements soon so I know what I can start doing. I'm on school break this week so I have plenty of time to work on a bid.

[Rafa]

cape town

[Scotguy]

Following the announcement that the Olympic Rings are not to be used in the first stage of bidding, the Atlanta Bid Committee would like to submit their revised logo for stage one