Guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Jaca presentará en próximas fechas una nueva candidatura olímpica para los JJOO del 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Isn't it a little premature for Spain to potentially bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics while Madrid is currently in the running for the 2012 Summer Olympics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 i am sorry to say but madrid isn't in the running 2012 is a four horse race and madrid isn't one of them, so it is logical to go after a winter olympics but since spain has bid for winter olympics at least twice in the past and neither time made the short list i don't very highly that this bid will get past the likes of zurich, sweden, PC, tromsoem austria and france (if france does not win 2012 that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Guests can post on these boards?!!! :oo: :shocked: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOlympiadsW Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I was wondering the same thing....it said something else there before that though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marb's (mahbir) Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 same here........ :oo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amorincognito Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 when I first saw this topic there was a username posted instead of "guest". perhaps this user was kicked off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted April 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 when I first saw this topic there was a username posted instead of "guest". perhaps this user was kicked off? it doesn't happen like that. for example, if i got banned, the username in my posts "mr.x" would become red. it wouldn't be red and say guest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amorincognito Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 when I first saw this topic there was a username posted instead of "guest". perhaps this user was kicked off? it doesn't happen like that. for example, if i got banned, the username in my posts "mr.x" would become red. it wouldn't be red and say guest. ok, thanks for the heads up. well I hope we hear about Jaca soon; I think this 2014 race will be quite interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 There will be an executive commission of the Spanish NOC on July 18th. The topic will be Jaca 2014. So decision time is July 18th... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsnotmypuppy Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Arguably Madrid had the most "nominal" support in the 2012 vote - nearly took out Paris, etc - so Jaca could really milk that - because regardless of what Madrid thinks, 2016 is not going to go their way by the looks of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 This (or my even favoured Spanish option Granada) is the bid I would favour more for being able to milk the "sympathy" vote than Annecy. I hope they go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsnotmypuppy Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Well, Jaca 2010 seemed to have the same spread-out kind of Games plan as Annecy does - so who knows. I'd be more excited about a Pyrenees Games than another Alps one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Well, Spain has a decent number of ski mountains (what I believe is the first key factor to considering any Winter Games bid), their best options rely on three major cities for airport linkages: Barcelona Zaragoza Grenada Jaca just seems like "Barcelona Redux but Winter". Frankly, I think Grenada is the better option. A cultural centre, with the Alhambra as one of the leading landmarks of Spain, Grenada also is close to the Sierra Nevada ski resort. Host of the 1996 World Championships, it has a 1200 m VertDrop and is only 32 km's from Grenada and its airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Well I have browsed the Spanish web sites, but only Jaca seems active... They say that their plan is 'much better' this time ... :laugh: La hora de Jaca 2014 Via libre a Jaca 2014 Jaca mantiene su apuesta por ser candidata española en el 2014 etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I like the Grenada option much better. To me, Jaca just seems like the Winter Games version of Istanbul, the perennial bidder that just can't quite pull through. My aunt and uncle were in Grenada on a ski trip last year and they've both said it's as nice as an of the ones in Alps in their opinion. Another question. What about Zaragoza for a winter bid or is it too far from any of the ski areas in the Pyrennes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 It seems that it will be either Jaca or no bid, next week at the Spanish NOC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitsansh Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Do they have any venues for ice sports in place?? or do they plan to build everything from scratch?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 The lights are turning green for Jaca 2014 Article Radio Huesca The president of the Spanish federation of winter sports, and member of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Eduardo Roldan, considers that after the elimination of Madrid, now it is the moment for betting on the winter candidacy, like the one presented by the city of Jaca. The next Monday, July 18, the executive committee of the COE meets. After the official communication which in this day the city council of Jaca will proclaim, in which it announces his desire to take part in the Olympic race, Eduardo Roldan, it hopes that this subject treats in the meeting of Monday. Otherwise the same one will expose it. The president of the FEDI, considers that the Spanish Olympic Committee must take part in the Olympic race of winter and the candidacy that the city has presented/displayed. If not outside thus, there would be a contradiction in the thought and objective that the COE has. On July 28 concludes the term of presentation, before the the International Olympic Committee, of the candidacies of winter for the games of the 2014. From the Government of Aragón the request of Jaca will lean, once the COE presents/displays the candidacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ydum Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Jaca is not such a weak option as some of you said. Jaca is in Huesca's province, just sotavento of the Pyrenees. It is the richest cultural city of that part of the mountains area, crossed by the road to Santiago, and many other heritage. It is surrounded by four big ski resorts: Astún, Formigal, Candanchú and Panticosa. There is plenty of accomodation facilities in the area (not just in the city) and the city of Huesca has already high-speed rail that links the area with Madrid and Zaragoza, and in few months also with Barcelona. The only main thing that lacks is a big airport near Jaca, because the nearest is in Zaragoza and this is not what I call big. However, nowadays it is already under construction the new airport of Huesca (Monflorite-Alcalá) which will be able to host operations of bigger planes in order to become an international airport. For those who want to know more about Jaca, go to the link of the Jaca 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival Anyway, I'm still not sure about Spain to bid in 2014. There have been no words coming from the NOC in order to present something before July 28th, either about Granada & Sierra Nevada, which already hosted Ski World Championships in 1996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ydum Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Updating the last thread (which I originally post it in Annecy-Grenoble topic), now it seems that there have been some voices claiming for getting in the 2014 race with Jaca. @ Stryker: Yes, Zaragoza is too far from the mountains @ Nitsansh: Yes, Jaca has already the "Ice Palace", but it should be updated for hosting the Games. @ Kendegra: Well... it is quite optimistic to think about Barcelona airport. It is at least 4 hours far away drive from Jaca, which I think it's too much. Zaragoza is not a real airport: just some domestic flights to Madrid and some low-cost links to London, Milan & Frankfurt, but it surely be enlarged regarding to 2008 Expo which will be hosted there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Well it seems that the key date is the Spanish NOC meeting next Monday, July 18. It will be yes or no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Well it seems that the key date is the Spanish NOC meeting next Monday, July 18. It will be yes or no. Now that the Madrid 2012 bid is over, it will be interesting to see on how this decision will turn for the Spanish NOC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrd1rocha Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 I don't get the idea of Jaca becoming a Winter bid city over Granada. I am sure Jaca has some "small town charms" (even if 90% of the IOC doesn't know anything about it), but Granada is a cultural city of great importance despite any possible geographical advantages of Jaca. Sure, it would be wonderful to have some games in the Pyrenees, but the concept alone won't win the bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikel Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Granada is much bigger than Jaca... Certainly I prefer Granada than Jaca. Granada has the airport and the culture. Jaca the venues. :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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