spectator12 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Didn't see this posted yet. I hope a recent big event host city gets this. Kazan again? Or Guadalajara with pan ams facilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 http://www.insidethegames.biz/universiade/summer-universiade/1024662-brasilia-pull-out-of-hosting-2019-summer-universiade First 1989, now this. I wonder if Duisburg will be available again this time. At least they'll have more time to prepare and they wont have to reduce drasticaly the number of events like back then. PS: For those who didn't knew, yes. Brasilia was supossed to be the 1989 host. Then stuff happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Mata Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 São Paulo, not Brasilia, was supposed to host back in 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 ^^ My bad but still, this resignation is unfortunate. Of the major brazilian cities Brasilia was the one for which i was the most interested that it would host a major sport event in the future (besides the world cup). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyelBrazil Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 The last government of Brasilia-Federal District was terrible. They destroyed the finances of the Federal District (it's something similar to District of Columbia - a special division for the capital - but the population can vote for their governor and local legislative branch) Since January 1st, Brasilia have a new government and they are fighting to solve a lot of problems due the lack of money. Public Health System and Education are on strike and the city is dealing with a lot of problems... In this scenario, you can't even think about hosting a major event like the Universiade, specially, when you need to pay 23 million euros just to asure the right to host the games - which sounds absurd to me.Still, I would love to see other big city in Brazil replacing Brasilia to host the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Mata Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Brasilia is a b***h of a city to build anything anyway, because of its modernist thingies. Just relocate somewhere else where they want to pay for this empty show and save us from the embarassment (and another multibillion dollar bill). Give it back to Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissEurasia Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Damn it! Was looking forward to seeing Brasilia host this... Hope Japan or Africa bid since the process has reopened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 So I guess they won't be building that beautiful stadium then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectator12 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 I think Brasilia 2019 would be a nice project in better times. Prob. would have built a lot of unnecessary stuff though. I think it's a good thing that Brazil is now listening to its people who would rather see hospitals, schools, etc. built. I wonder if Santiago might try to 'steal' this event, might have same issues though? Also, bet Glasgow could easily pull this event off, but doubt they'll try. But honestly, like DannyelBrazil, I could see other city like Belo Horizonte maybe pulling this off too. Never been to Brazil, but when I learned about Brasilia in a college class, it seemed like someone's urban dream or epcot or something, not like a real or 'natural' city? city in Japan.. Nagoya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Mata Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Brasilia is indeed a dream...if you have a car and if you're into architecture. If you're pedestrian every walk is a lonely, dry, expensive, empty, silent walk to oblivion and nosebleeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectator12 Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Looking at pictures... Why are there no trees in the middle? It looks like they could fit a golf course (which I think are the worst) or world's fair there. I think like a 'central park' would be nicer? Is lack of trees one of reasons it's so dry? I know DC has a national mall, but that axis is like ridiculous.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Mata Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Brasilia is located in the middle of the hyper dry Cerrado ecosystem (Brazilian equivalent to the savanna). Barely any large trees and very open horizons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Sorry for the necroposting, but apparently Naples was picked as the replacement for Brasilia to host the 2019 Universiade http://www.napolipost.com/universiade-2019-napoli-si-prepara/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinXTC Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Rio should have stepped up as a replacement so they can keep the games in Brazil, and so all those facilities will be in use again after the Olympics, because they sure as hell won't be used much for 3 years lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Mata Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 The legacy plan is turning the Olympic Park in to the Olympic Training Center. Deodoro's shooting centre is used for training and national competitions. The velodrome, golf course and the new Deodoro venues worry me, though. Specially the velodrome and golf course because there's no use for that here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 I'm not seeing a 'U' in Naples' logo. Are they not supposed to have a U shape in there?! D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattygs Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 I think the eruption at the top of the logo is made up of a bunch of U's ...... kinda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 To be fair, Taipei logo also doesn't seem to show the U. Kazan logo also didn't had an U unless you count the lower curve of the flower logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 I see the U's in both of those, and kinda get it. Taipei looks like they cut a couple U's in half and flipped the pieces, and the Kazan one has an actual, explicit U at the very least. I suppose they only need something that somewhat resembles a curve in there to ensure creative expression freedom and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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