Hansfromdenmark 7 Report post Posted January 16, 2016 Are there still no news at all regarding European Games 2019? Im starting to believe either that it will return to Baku, or that it will be cancelled Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1690 Report post Posted January 16, 2016 Are there still no news at all regarding European Games 2019? Im starting to believe either that it will return to Baku, or that it will be cancelled I think there are more important things for Europe to worry about now. Would Baku have to build a whole new village if they host it again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
munichfan 37 Report post Posted January 16, 2016 Well, their 2015 village was part of that "White City" project. I guess all those apartments are already seld by now. Nevertheless, I don't think Baku cares about the cost of building another village. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MissEurasia 60 Report post Posted January 16, 2016 I doubt there will be a European Games in 2019 considering there's only 3 Years to prepare for them unless Baku's up for a 2nd time round. Either bidding will be restarted for 2023 or the 2019 Edition will be postponed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StefanMUC 679 Report post Posted January 16, 2016 Or the whole concept will be buried for good. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ikarus360 590 Report post Posted January 16, 2016 http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1031835/russia-to-host-2019-european-games-if-they-address-doping-scandal Apparently it was supossed Russia would host them, then the doping scandal happened, so I don't know. Kazan and Moscow were the possible choices. I'm pretty sure they will pick Kazan given they have all the venues ready because of the 2013 Universiade. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brekkie Boy 70 Report post Posted January 19, 2016 Still hoping common sense prevails and they merge with the European Sport Championships to become the Eurolympics that the contininent has long been waiting for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LatinXTC 269 Report post Posted January 21, 2016 It's pretty stupid of the European Games committee to only give the host about 4-5 years to organize the games. They should have gone for a full 7 just like a regular Olympic games, even if the demand for extravagant facilities isn't as high as an Olympic games. I think the best option would be to skip the 2019 games and just open the bid for the 2023 ones to give the organization time to regroup and for serious bid contenders to be interested in hosting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
