Tulsa Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Whom are the bids from USA to 2020? Denver and Reno lake Tahoe... It will be 2 very serious bid... I like this cities, I hope one of them try the race to 2022. Quote
Athensfan Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Whom are the bids from USA to 2020? The USOC has said repeatedly they are not bidding for 2020. Quote
Tulsa Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 The USOC has said repeatedly they are not bidding for 2020. I would like mean 2022 sorry Quote
FYI Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 You want Annecy bidding against the U.S. for 2022, 'T'? Quote
Gangwon Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 You want Annecy bidding against the U.S. for 2022, 'T'? I think he just wants to make some allies on this board. Quote
Tulsa Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 I think he just wants to make some allies on this board. Korea will try a 4 attemp? PC 2022? I think Korea should stop its crazy dream. Korea isn't a winter country, You don't have a good potential. But I think in 2022, will be a match USA vs Asia. Maybe Harbin, Denver or Reno, Quebec city and maybe Japan or another Korean bid. Quote
stryker Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 Korea will try a 4 attemp? PC 2022? I think Korea should stop its crazy dream. Korea isn't a winter country, You don't have a good potential. But I think in 2022, will be a match USA vs Asia. Maybe Harbin, Denver or Reno, Quebec city and maybe Japan or another Korean bid. You can cross Denver and Quebec off the list. The fact that the FIS has ruled that La Massif is not suitable for the alpine events more or less eliminates any shot for Quebec. Everybody already knows what happened with Denver in 1976. If the USOC throws their hat in the ring, it's likely to be Reno. If Munich falls short in Jul y, I see them giving 2022 a shot and they'd probably go in as the favorite especially if Pyeongchang wins 2018 as I suspect. Quote
Tulsa Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 In case of PC victory, We will have a race Europe vs USA USA will have : Denver or Reno Lake Tahoe Europe Will have : Munich, Annecy, (St Moritz/Davos, Lausanne, Berne?) and maybe Norway with Bergen/Voss and Swenden with Ostersund/Are Quote
baron-pierreIV Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Posted May 23, 2011 New 2022 entry -- SHIMLA 2022!! Quote
intoronto Posted June 2, 2011 Report Posted June 2, 2011 New 2022 entry -- SHIMLA 2022!! LOL! Actually India hosted the first ever South Asian Winter Games believe it or not, I created the article over at wikipedia if anyone wants to take a look. Sri Lanka of all places won a gold medal in snowboarding! While Pakistan and India swept the remaining medals. Anyways, I am expecting Munich, Bern, Almaty, Are (Sweden) and a couple more European bids. Quote
Sir Rols Posted June 2, 2011 Report Posted June 2, 2011 LOL! Actually India hosted the first ever South Asian Winter Games believe it or not, I created the article over at wikipedia if anyone wants to take a look. Sri Lanka of all places won a gold medal in snowboarding! While Pakistan and India swept the remaining medals. Anyways, I am expecting Munich, Bern, Almaty, Are (Sweden) and a couple more European bids. I think the US is pretty certain to put a candidate up too. Reno seems serious about their bid, and Denver is apparently also interested. Quote
intoronto Posted June 2, 2011 Report Posted June 2, 2011 I think the US is pretty certain to put a candidate up too. Reno seems serious about their bid, and Denver is apparently also interested. Isn't Lake Placid going for 2020 WYOG? If USA were to bid almost guaranteed win. Quote
Sir Rols Posted June 2, 2011 Report Posted June 2, 2011 Isn't Lake Placid going for 2020 WYOG? If USA were to bid almost guaranteed win. I know the IOC would like them to, but as far as i know, nothing for on that yet. While the likes of Reno's plans for 2022, meanwihle, arepretty far advanced. I think the only reason the US would want to go for a YOG, winter or summer, is if they feel it would give them some goodwill and leverage for a future bid for a proper Olympics. Let's face it, the YOGs are about the lowest of the Olympic consolation prizes. Quote
intoronto Posted June 2, 2011 Report Posted June 2, 2011 I know the IOC would like them to, but as far as i know, nothing for on that yet. While the likes of Reno's plans for 2022, meanwihle, arepretty far advanced. I think the only reason the US would want to go for a YOG, winter or summer, is if they feel it would give them some goodwill and leverage for a future bid for a proper Olympics. Let's face it, the YOGs are about the lowest of the Olympic consolation prizes. I think that is almost needed after the 2016 debacle, don't you think so. Quote
Sir Rols Posted June 2, 2011 Report Posted June 2, 2011 I think that is almost needed after the 2016 debacle, don't you think so. Whatever - I doubt the USOC, and the US public, would like to feel they're "pressured" into going after a YOGs. And whatever the case, even if they did, it won't stop them bidding for 2022. I think that's almost a given at this stage. Quote
Rob2012 Posted July 6, 2011 Report Posted July 6, 2011 Nice 2022? The Mayor has already released a statement... http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lequipe.fr%2FAussi%2Fbreves2011%2F20110706_201329_nice-ville-candidate.html Quote
FYI Posted July 6, 2011 Report Posted July 6, 2011 Y not? Let the southern French Alps have a go at it. We've already had 3 in the center & northern French Alps, so lets try a different region of France. At least Nice could provide a different French angle. Quote
baron-pierreIV Posted July 6, 2011 Author Report Posted July 6, 2011 Y not? Let the southern French Alps have a go at it. We've already had 3 in the center & northern French Alps, so lets try a different region of France. At least Nice could provide a different French angle. Well, Sochi a la francaise. Quote
cjs2 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 Don't think Nice would work. Sochi was relatively unknown outside Russia, so even though it had a bit of a "Riviera" quality, it could pass itself off as part of a country known to be sufficiently wintery. Everyone associates Nice with palm trees and the beach, though. Why not someplace a little cooler and closer to the mountains? Lyon? Quote
memorabilia Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 Don't think Nice would work. Sochi was relatively unknown outside Russia, so even though it had a bit of a "Riviera" quality, it could pass itself off as part of a country known to be sufficiently wintery. Everyone associates Nice with palm trees and the beach, though. Why not someplace a little cooler and closer to the mountains? Lyon? Mountains are closer from Nice than Lyon... Nice's department is call "Alpes Maritimes" that we could translate in a non literal translation as "the Mediteranean Alps" ! Nice is at the foot of the Alps, as Vancouver was from the Rocky Mountains. But, the a very very very little chance than the French NOC will allow a new french winter bid in the coming years..... Quote
cjs2 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 Okay, it may be closer than I realized - but definitely not as close as Vancouver. In Vancouver, you can look out from downtown across the harbor and see the ski slopes - the mountains are that close. Whistler is a little further off, but there were downhill events literally within sight of the city center. (Of course, those were the slopes that were worst impacted by lack of snow...but at least they were there). Nice may have the foothills of the Alps as close, but nowhere with the potential to host, say, alpine events. I would assume Nice faces a distance at least as great as Munich, but probably more. (BTW, Vancouver is nowhere near the Rockies, which are on the other, eastern, side of British Columbia. The 2010 WOG were entirely in the Coast Mountains.) Quote
FYI Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 Nice's distance to the Alpine events would be just as comparable like Whistler & Garmisch are to their respective cities. I think Nice would be an interesting setting. So what if Nice is more associated with palm trees & the beach. Still doesn't change the fact that Sochi has these too, despite Russia having a more "suffiently wintery" image. Quote
Lord David Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 Could Queenstown NZ work? Or will it need to be anchored by a major city, in spite of the vast distance? Could Christchurch work alone and do some sort of modification of it's mountain range to have the 800 meter drop for Men's Downhill? Or could it be a joint bid by Christchurch or Dunedin with Queenstown, in spite of the long distance (Dunedin being far closer)? Will a high speed rail network work? Or will it heavily rely on air transport? Quote
cjs2 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 As has been pointed out before, the real problem with NZ is that it's in the Southern Hemisphere. Their winter is in the Northern Hemisphere summer. You'd have to lure television audiences in the US to not only watch at weird times or on long tape delay because of time zone issues, but to watch ski jumping in July. Quote
Lord David Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 The timing (time zones) shouldn't be too much of an issue. Events for say alpine skiing could be held in the morning to suit European time zones or what not. The time zone issue will be reflective of that similar to Sydney 2000, they will find a solution. The seasons is of course the real problem, but since no one from the Southern Hemisphere has yet attempted a proper bid for the Winter Olympics, then we will never know what true effect the difference in season would have. I'm sure the IOC can make an exception at least once. I expect a Southern Hemisphere games to happen eventually. Santiago, Chile would pose a better bid for a Winter Olympics with regards to the time zone issue as it would very much suit US time zones. A bid from there will be akin to Vancouver or Munich's proposal for example. I really did want someone to pose that question in the press conference after PyeongChang's win, but alas, no one didn't. Quote
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