JesseSaenz Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 There is a Disney theme park in Paris. :-( Just getting ahead of the gang. There are also AirFrance flights to LA, a Chanel Store in Beverly Hills, and A Chateaus in the Hollywood Hills. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 The newest Disney theme park just opened in Shanghai, CHina, too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseSaenz Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Also, saw this at LAX last night. I guess United is already behind the LA2024 bid. I was unaware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Also, saw this at LAX last night. I guess United is already behind the LA2024 bid. I was unaware. United has long been a sponsor of team USA and the Olympics, so no surprise they're supporting the LA bid, especially considering they have a hub there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphamale86 Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I am going to say it now, mark my prediction July 12 9:31pm LA is going to win 2024. I know I live here and I'm supporting them but I also know the cards are slightly stacked against us but something in my gut is telling me LA will win (Hope it's not gas lol) and it will be a shock win. Like all signs point to Paris but it goes down to the last vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Old fart. Nimrod f*ckhead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseSaenz Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 A more detailed article about Santa Monica's Plan for a Volleyball venue.http://smdp.com/2024-olympics-could-use-santa-monica-as-beach-venue/156225 2024 Olympics could use Santa Monica as beach venue By Matthew Hall on July 13, 2016 in News If the Olympics come to Los Angeles in 2024, Santa Monica could host the beach volleyball event in a temporary 12,000-person venue adjacent to the Santa Monica Pier. Officials from the LA 2024 campaign to bring the Games to Los Angeles are visiting several city commissions in the coming weeks to provide more information on the proposal. At their first meeting Monday night, officials outlined the process to a handful of residents. Jeff Millman, Chief Communications Officer for LA 2024, said the Olympic bid is actually an international political campaign. The Los Angeles committee is competing against Paris, Budapest and Rome for the right to host the 2024 Summer Games. At this point the contenders are gathering their materials in advance of a 2017 vote that will determine the host. The voters are representatives of non-bidding countries associated with the International Olympic Committee. “We’re working really hard to have the best plan that’s consistent with our regional partners but also appealing to [the voters],” he said. Those plans call for clusters of events around Los Angeles County. A majority of sports would be located in the Downtown cluster (Coliseum, LAFC Stadium, Galen Center, Convention Center, Staples Center, Microsoft Theater, Bunker Hill and City Hall) including athletics, swimming, badminton, taekwondo, table tennis, judo, wrestling, boxing, fencing, handball, basketball, weight lifting, archery, cycling and the marathon. The Valley cluster would include equestrian, canoe slalom, shooting and modern pentathlon. The South Bay cluster would focus on the StubHub center including rugby, tennis, cycling and BMX. The Coastal cluster covers beach volleyball, open swimming and the triathlon in Santa Monica. Events in the UCLA area include field hockey, indoor volleyball and water polo. Other events scattered around the region include sailing, golf, gymnastics, soccer, rowing, spring kayak and mountain biking. No plans have been announced for the upcoming NFL stadium because the bid had to be submitted prior to the Rams’ announced return to Los Angeles. Millman said the new stadium “fell into our lap” and will certainly become part of the bid once talks with the owners have concluded. Every Olympic sport can be played in a pre-existing venue except one: canoe/kayak slalom. LA 2024 will have to build that particular facility, but otherwise, everything else needed for the games is either already built (such as facilities at UCLA and USC), already planned for construction by 2024 (including the new NFL stadium in Inglewood) or a temporary building (like the Santa Monica venue). In addition to preexisting world-class sports facilities, he said the area’s public transit expansion is already underway and improvements are occurring at LAX regardless. In Santa Monica, Olympic officials plan to build a temporary beach volleyball stadium just north of the Santa Monica Pier. The five-story structure will hold about 12,000 people and include a single court, spectator seating, production facilities, bathrooms, warm-up courts and a 10-foot high security fence. The entire footprint would stretch from the Pier to the first pedestrian bridge at about the 1400 block of Ocean Front Walk. The structure would be built in phases, eventually covering most of the parking lot adjacent to the pier, and volleyball spectators would access the structure via a custom-built temporary walkway connecting to the pier. The bike path would temporarily be rerouted closer to the ocean and access to the area would be heavily restricted by security. The actual arena would have a wall of about 40 feet facing the ocean and a higher wall facing PCH. Organizers said the design is similar to the volleyball stage under construction in Rio and will shield the court from ocean winds while providing spectators with ocean views during the event. Millman said spectators at an Olympic event are known to arrive very early and enjoy the venue both before and after the actual competition. For Santa Monica, that would mean a consistent stream of visitors on the pier and around downtown throughout the competition. “We don’t expect all 12,000 to get off one train and rush over in a flash mob,” he said. “They’ll be coming on a rolling basis and with two sessions, that will stagger some of the crowd. They will enter from the pier so that will be of great economic benefit to the pier businesses.” He said the expectation would be for spectators to utilize public transit as much as possible. “Considering our use of the parking lots, public transit is how people are primarily going to get there if they’re not coming from Santa Monica,” he said. Local municipalities, including Santa Monica, will have to formally vote to support the bid, and Millman said that process will likely happen in October of this year. The final written applications are submitted to the international agency in February 2017 with the final vote happening in September of that year. Millman described Santa Monica as the delivery room for the bid. Following a vote by the Los Angeles City Council to pursue the Olympics, the bid committee officially announced its candidacy at the Annenberg Community Beach House. “We did it right on the beach in Santa Monica,” he said. “We wanted to show off an iconic natural asset we have as a region, and we’re really proud of Santa Monica.” LA 2024 will also conduct public briefings at: Planning Commission Wednesday, July 13, 7 p.m. City Council Chambers Santa Monica City Hall 1685 Main St. Santa Monica Pier Corporation Board Monday, July 18, 6:30 p.m. Ken Edwards Center 1527 4th St. Recreation & Parks Commission Thursday, July 21, 7:30 p.m. City Council Chambers Santa Monica City Hall 1685 Main St. editor@smdp.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 United has long been a sponsor of team USA and the Olympics, so no surprise they're supporting the LA bid, especially considering they have a hub there. Since 1984 when they got the "Airline" Sponsor category for LA 1984; and has stayed on as the USOC's Airline partner. Delta, understandably, was the Centennial Games' Official Airline, whereas United kept a low profile that year still as a USOC sponsor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Saenz Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 It's starting to look more like a race to see which country has the most terror. This is fucking ridiculous, I am really getting sick and tired of it. 70 people! I am beyond furious. Nice happens to be my favorite place in all of France. My heart goes out to all the victims families. I can't believe it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.bernham Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 It's starting to look more like a race to see which country has the most terror. I swear...if LA gets it because of terrorism...Imma be super pissed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I swear...if LA gets it because of terrorism...Imma be super pissed. "Imma be super pissed." LOL If LA gets the Olympics, it's probably not because of terrorism in France. Once again, it needs to be said.. we're over a year away from the vote. As much as this incident is a front page story right now, it'll be old news come September 2017. Yes, I know this is far from the only incident in France in recent memory and sadly, who knows if it'll be the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 As if terrorism doesn't happen in the U.S. Not to mention all of the civil protests going on here right now. That's what I'd be most concern with ATM. It's what some point out against Brazil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphamale86 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 As if terrorism doesn't happen in the U.S. Not to mention all of the civil protests going on here right now. That's what I'd be most concern with ATM. It's what some point out against Brazil. SO TRUE! Terrorism can happen anywhere and it is usually from an outside cell of society but when you have civil protests gaining steam that's more likely to doom a bid than Terrorism. The US has a wave of dissatisfaction from the general public right now. To be honest the elections in november and the results there after will have a greater impact and a longer reaching impression on the 2024 decision next year than terrorism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseSaenz Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I swear...if LA gets it because of terrorism...Imma be super pissed. If LA gets it, it's because it put on a stronger bid. Congress just passed a resolution a few minutes ago standing firmly behind LA 2024's efforts to return the games to the United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO2024 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 If LA gets it, it's because it put on a stronger bid. Hmm, no. That's not how the IOC works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 "Stronger bid" is a relative term when it comes to the IOC. And on a somewhat unrelated note, a military uprising is currently underway in Turkey. So looks like the IOC dodged a bullet with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseSaenz Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Hmm, no. That's not how the IOC works. "Stronger" bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Hmm, no. That's not how the IOC works. "Stronger" is very subjective. It certainly can encompass geopolitics and the appeal of a city if needed, because those things makes a city's bid "stronger" to the IOC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 If LA gets it, it's because it put on a stronger bid. Congress just passed a resolution a few minutes ago standing firmly behind LA 2024's efforts to return the games to the United States. I don't suppose the resolution includes any money to help pay for the games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I don't suppose the resolution includes any money to help pay for the games? From what I've read, doesn't look like it. They're just throwing "support" behind the bid. I guess kinda like how people "support" the causes on social media by changing their profile pics and sending their thoughts and prayers to the victims. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphamale86 Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 I feel like a lot of these "moves" are arbitrary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 I feel like a lot of these "moves" are arbitrary. That's what happens when we're following this as it plays out and thinking each twist and turn is really significant. Which is fine if we're trying to keep the discussion here going, but individually, these things may or may not mean all that much when it comes down to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 "Stronger" bid. Like FYI and woohoo said, "stronger" is in the eye of the beholder. In this case, 100 beholders. And what may constitute a strong technical bid may not be the preferred choice of the IOC. Case in point 2016 where Rio's evaluation scores were actually lower than that of Doha. And this was long before we had the current state of Brazil which is obviously a mess. Imagine how they'd score now knowing what we all know. Whoever gets the Olympics will likely have done so because of the collective will of the IOC. Technical merit and all the usual tangible factors are only a small part of the equation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseSaenz Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 I really, really, really want these LA2024 surfboard pins!They were just introduced in Atlanta at the 20th anniversary ceremony of the 96' games.LA's marketing just for the bid is really doing a fantastic job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO2024 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 20 years already! Its feels like it was yesterday....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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