StefanMUC Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 well, let's hope that this is true - it would be weird when they "forgot" to send the letter in time... Like the mess between ManU/Real recently and their planned goalkeeper transfers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Like the mess between ManU/Real recently and their planned goalkeeper transfers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Dakooo Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Couldn't have happened to a nicer club. *Chuckles* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... FYI Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 well, let's hope that this is true - it would be weird when they "forgot" to send the letter in time... Well, I would think that the USOC is at least smart enough to know whether or not they sent the letter. But then again after the whole Boston fiasco.. Lmfao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... nykfan845 Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 (edited) Well, I would think that the USOC is at least smart enough to know whether or not they sent the letter. But then again after the whole Boston fiasco.. Lmfao! Per the LA Times, the letter was submitted earlier this month. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-video-la-2024-summer-olympics-20150914-story.html http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-la24-visits-ioc-20150903-story.html Edited September 15, 2015 by nykfan845 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... baron-pierreIV Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 I hope LA doesn't spend sh*tsful of $$ on this dry-run for 2028; and then find out they've expended themselves for 2028. (Which in a ways is good...becuz if they decide to sit 2028 out, then maybe a Winter bid for 2026 can sneak in. I know..I know...sequencing. But they talk about these things behind closed doors.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... stryker Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 I hope LA doesn't spend sh*tsful of $$ on this dry-run for 2028; and then find out they've expended themselves for 2028. (Which in a ways is good...becuz if they decide to sit 2028 out, then maybe a Winter bid for 2026 can sneak in. I know..I know...sequencing. But they talk about these things behind closed doors.) I commented in another thread about how this race looks similar to the 2008 race with a heavy favorite that has been denied before (Beijing in 2000, Paris in 2012). Here's where I see Los Angeles stacking up. If they're smart, they'll run this bid a lot like Paris did in the 2008 race. Beijing was a huge favorite then and I question whether or not the 2008 bid leaders for Paris really thought they had a chance of derailing Beijing, but instead were laying the groundwork for the 2012 race (which didn't quite turn out the way they hoped). I think L.A. has to take the same approach. Yes they are in it to win, but a deal needs to be worked out, that if L.A. comes up short to Paris, that they are automatically the U.S. candidate city for 2028 when the climate will be much more favorable for the Olympics to return to the Americas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... yoshi Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Assisted by the COC letting greed get the better of them & going for Calgary 2026, which I suspect they will do, thereby screwing themselves clean out of the 2028 race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Dakooo Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 What's this laying-groundwork/dry-run your talking about. Who said you can't win on your first try. And more specifically, why? If your smart enough, your first try is good enough to get through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... FYI Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 It's not a matter of just being "smart enough", but how overall you carry your campaign. Keep in mind that the IOC is also a very political organization (even though they "claim" that they're not), so one can be a 'genius', but if the IOC is not interested in you, it doesn't matter how smart you are. The whole 'dry run' theory is a big gray area anyway. Its usually held for bids like Baku & Almaty, for example, that do need further development so they can get the experience they need in future attempts. Although, sometimes, it is believed that even credible bids from places such as the U.S. or Europe can sometimes fall in this category too. A perfect example of this is Atlanta 1996. The USOC wasn't expecting to win that one whatsoever, especially so soon after LA 84, & were trying to "lay the ground work" for a future attempt. But they wound up being lucky & found themselves in a lackluster race that was condusive enough for them to actually win & create an upset. But that's not the case here for 2024. Not when the current European options (except for Budapest) are of high to much higher quality. So the bottom line, it all depends on the dynamics of each individual race to determine whether or not a first-time, city-wise bidder could actually win. And in this 2024 case, that's very, very likely to be a no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... baron-pierreIV Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 I consider LA's 2024 run a "dry-run" because they better have newer and better ideas and angles to come up with for the 2028 round when they will be in the front seat. Sure, bid like you've never bid before -- and you might do an Atlanta...but Paris 2024 is NOT the raw state Athens 1996 was in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Dakooo Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 I consider LA's 2024 run a "dry-run" because they better have newer and better ideas and angles to come up with for the 2028 round when they will be in the front seat. Sure, bid like you've never bid before -- and you might do an Atlanta...but Paris 2024 is NOT the raw state Athens 1996 was in. Do you have any ideas on what LA could improve on for 2028? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... baron-pierreIV Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Do you have any ideas on what LA could improve on for 2028? No, I don't. That's for them to figure out; and put in reserve what would be a knock-out story in round 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... gotosy Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 LA24 hires consultants to help with Olympic bid Los Angeles' fledgling Olympic bid committee has hired three major consultants to assist with its campaign. The International Olympic Committee lists consultants for all bid committees on its website. The three connected with LA24 are well-known in the sports world: -- Teneo Sports is led by Terrence Burns, whose Olympic resume dates back to the 1996 Atlanta Games. -- Jon Tibbs Assn., an international relations and communications firm based in Britain, helped Sochi win the 2014 Winter Games. -- George Hirthler is a writer and producer who specializes in bid strategy. "We're pleased to bring on these experienced and savvy teammates to help us develop LA's bold and fiscally responsible Games plan," Jeff Millman, an LA24 spokesman, said. Doug Arnot is also listed by the IOC. Arnot worked with the U.S. Olympic Committee but it remained unclear if he had signed on with LA24. The bidding process for 2024 officially began earlier this week. Candidates will spend the next two years developing their proposals for a 2017 IOC vote. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-los-angeles-2024-consultants-20150917-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... baron-pierreIV Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Doug Arnot is also listed by the IOC. Arnot worked with the U.S. Olympic Committee but it remained unclear if he had signed on with LA24. Doug Arnot is one of those 'traveling' Olympic sports admin-managers who worked with Atlanta, then Salt Lake, then the Chicago bid; then worked with LOCOG. Working with LA-24 makes natural sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Usa2024olympics Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Russians first to send someone to space- Russians first to send Olympic torch to space Americans first to send someone to the moon- Americans first fo send Olympic torch to moon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... baron-pierreIV Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 - Americans first fo send Olympic torch to moon? Why? That's so silly and such a waste of resources. To prove what? Some silly record. I doubt that the IOC would approve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... zekekelso Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Why? That's so silly and such a waste of resources. Will will choose to go to the moon.... not because it is easy, but because it is hahd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... gotosy Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Four-time Olympian, Janet Evans, has been named the Vice Chair of the Athletes Commission for Los Angeles’ 2024 Olympic bid http://swimswam.com/janet-evans-named-la-2024-athletes-commission-vice-chair/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... ofan Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Any word on who will lead the bid? I think Tim Leiweke would be a solid candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... baron-pierreIV Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Any word on who will lead the bid? I think Tim Leiweke would be a solid candidate. That Wasserman guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... ofan Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 That Wasserman guy. He's the chairman. There's still no CEO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... baron-pierreIV Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Caitlin Jennah!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... woohooitsme83 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 New renderings of the soccer stadium/possible future aquatics center that will be replacing the Memorial Sports Arena: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 3 weeks later... woohooitsme83 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Bill Simmons' Podcast interview with Casey Wasserman on LA2024: https://soundcloud.com/the-bill-simmons-podcast/ep-9-casey-wasserman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Prev 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next Page 7 of 192 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 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Dakooo Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Couldn't have happened to a nicer club. *Chuckles* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 well, let's hope that this is true - it would be weird when they "forgot" to send the letter in time... Well, I would think that the USOC is at least smart enough to know whether or not they sent the letter. But then again after the whole Boston fiasco.. Lmfao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nykfan845 Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 (edited) Well, I would think that the USOC is at least smart enough to know whether or not they sent the letter. But then again after the whole Boston fiasco.. Lmfao! Per the LA Times, the letter was submitted earlier this month. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-video-la-2024-summer-olympics-20150914-story.html http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-la24-visits-ioc-20150903-story.html Edited September 15, 2015 by nykfan845 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 I hope LA doesn't spend sh*tsful of $$ on this dry-run for 2028; and then find out they've expended themselves for 2028. (Which in a ways is good...becuz if they decide to sit 2028 out, then maybe a Winter bid for 2026 can sneak in. I know..I know...sequencing. But they talk about these things behind closed doors.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 I hope LA doesn't spend sh*tsful of $$ on this dry-run for 2028; and then find out they've expended themselves for 2028. (Which in a ways is good...becuz if they decide to sit 2028 out, then maybe a Winter bid for 2026 can sneak in. I know..I know...sequencing. But they talk about these things behind closed doors.) I commented in another thread about how this race looks similar to the 2008 race with a heavy favorite that has been denied before (Beijing in 2000, Paris in 2012). Here's where I see Los Angeles stacking up. If they're smart, they'll run this bid a lot like Paris did in the 2008 race. Beijing was a huge favorite then and I question whether or not the 2008 bid leaders for Paris really thought they had a chance of derailing Beijing, but instead were laying the groundwork for the 2012 race (which didn't quite turn out the way they hoped). I think L.A. has to take the same approach. Yes they are in it to win, but a deal needs to be worked out, that if L.A. comes up short to Paris, that they are automatically the U.S. candidate city for 2028 when the climate will be much more favorable for the Olympics to return to the Americas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Assisted by the COC letting greed get the better of them & going for Calgary 2026, which I suspect they will do, thereby screwing themselves clean out of the 2028 race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakooo Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 What's this laying-groundwork/dry-run your talking about. Who said you can't win on your first try. And more specifically, why? If your smart enough, your first try is good enough to get through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 It's not a matter of just being "smart enough", but how overall you carry your campaign. Keep in mind that the IOC is also a very political organization (even though they "claim" that they're not), so one can be a 'genius', but if the IOC is not interested in you, it doesn't matter how smart you are. The whole 'dry run' theory is a big gray area anyway. Its usually held for bids like Baku & Almaty, for example, that do need further development so they can get the experience they need in future attempts. Although, sometimes, it is believed that even credible bids from places such as the U.S. or Europe can sometimes fall in this category too. A perfect example of this is Atlanta 1996. The USOC wasn't expecting to win that one whatsoever, especially so soon after LA 84, & were trying to "lay the ground work" for a future attempt. But they wound up being lucky & found themselves in a lackluster race that was condusive enough for them to actually win & create an upset. But that's not the case here for 2024. Not when the current European options (except for Budapest) are of high to much higher quality. So the bottom line, it all depends on the dynamics of each individual race to determine whether or not a first-time, city-wise bidder could actually win. And in this 2024 case, that's very, very likely to be a no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 I consider LA's 2024 run a "dry-run" because they better have newer and better ideas and angles to come up with for the 2028 round when they will be in the front seat. Sure, bid like you've never bid before -- and you might do an Atlanta...but Paris 2024 is NOT the raw state Athens 1996 was in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakooo Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 I consider LA's 2024 run a "dry-run" because they better have newer and better ideas and angles to come up with for the 2028 round when they will be in the front seat. Sure, bid like you've never bid before -- and you might do an Atlanta...but Paris 2024 is NOT the raw state Athens 1996 was in. Do you have any ideas on what LA could improve on for 2028? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Do you have any ideas on what LA could improve on for 2028? No, I don't. That's for them to figure out; and put in reserve what would be a knock-out story in round 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 LA24 hires consultants to help with Olympic bid Los Angeles' fledgling Olympic bid committee has hired three major consultants to assist with its campaign. The International Olympic Committee lists consultants for all bid committees on its website. The three connected with LA24 are well-known in the sports world: -- Teneo Sports is led by Terrence Burns, whose Olympic resume dates back to the 1996 Atlanta Games. -- Jon Tibbs Assn., an international relations and communications firm based in Britain, helped Sochi win the 2014 Winter Games. -- George Hirthler is a writer and producer who specializes in bid strategy. "We're pleased to bring on these experienced and savvy teammates to help us develop LA's bold and fiscally responsible Games plan," Jeff Millman, an LA24 spokesman, said. Doug Arnot is also listed by the IOC. Arnot worked with the U.S. Olympic Committee but it remained unclear if he had signed on with LA24. The bidding process for 2024 officially began earlier this week. Candidates will spend the next two years developing their proposals for a 2017 IOC vote. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-los-angeles-2024-consultants-20150917-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Doug Arnot is also listed by the IOC. Arnot worked with the U.S. Olympic Committee but it remained unclear if he had signed on with LA24. Doug Arnot is one of those 'traveling' Olympic sports admin-managers who worked with Atlanta, then Salt Lake, then the Chicago bid; then worked with LOCOG. Working with LA-24 makes natural sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usa2024olympics Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Russians first to send someone to space- Russians first to send Olympic torch to space Americans first to send someone to the moon- Americans first fo send Olympic torch to moon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 - Americans first fo send Olympic torch to moon? Why? That's so silly and such a waste of resources. To prove what? Some silly record. I doubt that the IOC would approve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Why? That's so silly and such a waste of resources. Will will choose to go to the moon.... not because it is easy, but because it is hahd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Four-time Olympian, Janet Evans, has been named the Vice Chair of the Athletes Commission for Los Angeles’ 2024 Olympic bid http://swimswam.com/janet-evans-named-la-2024-athletes-commission-vice-chair/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Any word on who will lead the bid? I think Tim Leiweke would be a solid candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Any word on who will lead the bid? I think Tim Leiweke would be a solid candidate. That Wasserman guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 That Wasserman guy. He's the chairman. There's still no CEO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Caitlin Jennah!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 New renderings of the soccer stadium/possible future aquatics center that will be replacing the Memorial Sports Arena: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Bill Simmons' Podcast interview with Casey Wasserman on LA2024: https://soundcloud.com/the-bill-simmons-podcast/ep-9-casey-wasserman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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