woohooitsme83 Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 The gas leak is going great! Thousands of people being displaced. However, the key difference is that the leak isn't a national economic emergency, but rather a state health emergency because of an incompetent and greedy gas company. Okay, semi-rant over. 2024 is in 8 years. There's no doubt that French and LA leaders will both be working hard to fix whatever went wrong. We can't go around and slug articles at each other saying "city x is incapable of holding the Olympics because y happened!" What we can do is wait and see how LA will be handling the clean up and situation with SoCal Gas, and how France will handle their restructuring. Based on that we can see how the Olympics are going to impact them or vice versa. Simply saying 'there's an issue' won't be enough to justify an inability to host. #GivingParistheBenefitoftheDoubt #GoParis2024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinXTC Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 "city x is incapable of holding the Olympics because y happened!" It's not that they're incapable of hosting because certain things like the gas leak, it's more of WHY are you bidding and why should you get the games when you have a good number of domestic issues affecting your residents that you have to deal with yet have no clear solution to solving them? If the IOC members took this question serious, Rio would never have happened, nor would Beijing 2022. But we all know they don't so the gas leak becomes a non-issue. The economical situation in all of France, however, becomes worrisome because of what's currently happening in Rio, and what did happen in Sochi. But France is not the cesspool that is Brazil and Russia and they have the means to bounce back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 How's the gas leak? You'll have to post those stories in the L.A. thread, since the overzealous recipient that you're intending it for never ventures out of that thread. We can't go around and slug articles at each other saying "city x is incapable of holding the Olympics because y happened!" What we can do is wait and see how LA will be handling the clean up and situation with SoCal Gas, and how France will handle their restructuring. Tell that to the over-rambunctious L.A. cheerleader that whenever anything negative that might impact the other candidates, "is running the wire", they're all too quick to just post it here (well, more specifically the "L.A. 2024 thread") so as to give off the impression that "mighty" L.A. can "do no wrong" & therefore "has this in the bag" mentality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 The economical situation in all of France, however, becomes worrisome because of what's currently happening in Rio, and what did happen in Sochi. But France is not the cesspool that is Brazil and Russia and they have the means to bounce back. France is not proposing to spend the mega-Billilons that China & Russia did, though. And France's infrastructure is certainly ahead of Brazil's. Quite frankly, comparing France to any of those is disengenuous at best, or blantantly off at worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Tell that to the over-rambunctious L.A. cheerleader that whenever anything negative that might impact the other candidates, "is running the wire", they're all too quick to just post it here (well, more specifically the "L.A. 2024 thread") so as to give off the impression that "mighty" L.A. can "do no wrong" & therefore "has this in the bag" mentality. Yes, it was supposed to be directed at the guy but I guess I'm just going to have to be more blunt next time >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neige Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 France declares economic state of emergency. http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/01/20/france-adds-state-of-economic-emergency-to-security-situation/ I won't be surprised if all the European bids drop out. It wouldn't be the first cycle either. No problem, Paris 2024 has found €2 million http://gamesbids.com/eng/featured/paris-2024-secures-lottery-sponsorship-deal-as-part-of-new-fundraising-drive/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brennus86 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Paris set to unveil logo, expected to be "digital, innovative and spectacular", on 9 february. http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1033665/paris-2024-set-to-unveil-logo-on-february-9 and a new arena for 2021 ( if you can read french) http://sportetsociete.org/2016/01/25/jo-2024-une-nouvelle-arena-a-paris-bercy-avec-ou-sans-les-jeux/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neige Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 and a new arena for 2021 ( if you can read french) http://sportetsociete.org/2016/01/25/jo-2024-une-nouvelle-arena-a-paris-bercy-avec-ou-sans-les-jeux/ So it seems 2 new arenas will be built. This one at Bercy and one at Le Bourget (pavillon 3 in red: seems to be a permanent arena) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphamale86 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 I definitely think it makes no sense to downplay or up play a bid because of the current economic climate. When Rio bid for 2016 it was one of the top 5 emerging global markets was it not? The Olympics were supposed to be the coming out Party for Brazil but look at the change of the past 7 years. They are in a major economic decline, widespread corruption, who could have foreseen that back in 09 and I was a big fan of having the games in RIO. Paris is in no way in a worse position because of their economy right now and the IOC knows that. They're still the front runner. I believe however that what it will come down too is what is finalized in that bid book. What is Paris' plan because we all have to remember that the bidding process is simply selling a dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphamale86 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 I didn't get to finish the above post whatever the dream is be it for the games to be in europe, the games to make the most money, the games to come back to prominence as an event countries should want to host and not feel burdened by it. If the bid book of Paris does that then they are already ahead of the curve seeing that the ion already seems to like the idea of a Paris 2024. However LA2024 is making it tough for them. They are mounting a strong possible bid and with each controversy or economic upswing or downturn it makes the competition closer. I truly think it will come down to the wire for this race. which leads me to a question for the veterans. When was the last race that you followed that had two strong contenders that you thought could go either way. And I am not talking about a front runner who fell surprisingly early like Chicago I mean a true 2 horse race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) Easy. London V Paris. And before that Sydney V Beijing. Edited January 26, 2016 by Sir Rols 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningrings Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 To a lesser extent, in the early stages of the 2020 race, it seemed like we'd have a white-hot race between Istanbul and Tokyo... until the wheels fell off Erdogan's bandwagon. Wasn't Rome and Athens quite neck and neck for 2004? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Paris 2024 are due to unveil their logo for their bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Arc de Triomphe on Tuesday (February 9). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neige Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 http://sportetsociete.org/2016/02/06/jo-2024-ouverture-du-site-internet-de-paris-2024-le-17-fevrier/ The website to be unveiled on february 17, same day as the official presentation of the concept and vision. At the time being, it can be seen a slogan: le rêve nous rassemble (the dream brings us together) http://paris2024.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 http://sportetsociete.org/2016/02/06/jo-2024-ouverture-du-site-internet-de-paris-2024-le-17-fevrier/ The website to be unveiled on february 17, same day as the official presentation of the concept and vision. At the time being, it can be seen a slogan: le rêve nous rassemble (the dream brings us together) http://paris2024.org/ Subtly, the slogan could perhaps be more precisely translated as "the dream brings us back together". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neige Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Subtly, it can be seen on the home page the address of the french sport house (la maison du sport français): 31 Avenue Pierre De Coubertin, 75647 PARIS Cedex 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandrosis Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 http://sportetsociete.org/2016/02/06/jo-2024-ouverture-du-site-internet-de-paris-2024-le-17-fevrier/ The website to be unveiled on february 17, same day as the official presentation of the concept and vision. At the time being, it can be seen a slogan: le rêve nous rassemble (the dream brings us together) http://paris2024.org/ been thinking that this snippet might be of a cursive "i" within the word Paris. They haven't been shy from using words as their emblems for the past few tries, so why stop now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO2024 Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Apparently it will have the Eiffel Tower in it, just like Rome has the Coliseum. And it will probably use the colours of the website. Can't wait to see it tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neige Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Paris bid secures 10 million Euros sponsorship deal with 4 new operators:https://twitter.com/Paris2024/status/696970543451529216?lang=fr http://sportetsociete.org/2016/02/09/jo-2024-paris-collecte-10-millions-deuros-aupres-de-ses-premiers-partenaires-officiels/ The cost of the bid has been estimated at about 60 million euros (50% private, 50% public). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 When is the logo reveal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 (edited) Paris to reveal logo for Olympic and Paralympic bid at Arc de Triomphe at 20:24 on Tuesdayhttp://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1034040/paris-to-reveal-logo-for-olympic-and-paralympic-bid-at-arc-de-triomphe-at-2024-on-tuesday Edited February 9, 2016 by Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Looks like Arc de Triomphe will be part of the logo then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hehe, 20:24. Gonna be awkward in the 24th century, every sports ceremony will have to start after 11pm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hehe, 20:24. Gonna be awkward in the 24th century, every sports ceremony will have to start after 11pm And from the 25th century, every ceremony will have to start the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBModerator Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Paris to reveal logo for Olympic and Paralympic bid at Arc de Triomphe at 20:24 on Tuesday http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1034040/paris-to-reveal-logo-for-olympic-and-paralympic-bid-at-arc-de-triomphe-at-2024-on-tuesday What? You didn't reference the GB story instead?! http://gamesbids.com/eng/featured/paris-2024-set-to-boost-campaign-with-new-olympic-bid-logo-and-website/ I've seen the logo - I think the consensus will be pleased. Watch our story to come out at exactly 20:24. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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