ChicagoFan90 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Azerbaijan has now officially applied to enter the 2016 Olympic race. Link: http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/...&cat=sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangwon Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 With Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada nearly out of the picture, I guess 2016's as good a time as any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmet Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hmmm, I think that they're getting ahead of themselves if they think that they stand a chance. Nonetheless, all the best to them. I have a feeling that Baku will be the new "Istanbul" with regards to their repeated bids which they're bound to placed one bid after the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangwon Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 I have a feeling that Baku will be the new "Istanbul" with regards to their repeated bids which they're bound to placed one bid after the other. Except Istanbul actually has a legitimate shot at the Olympics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 I've never heard of this city or country before. That's pretty sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmet Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 I've never heard of this city or country before. That's pretty sad. LOL! Well I assume that you know more about them now. They're a former USSR nation who are Turkics by ethnicity. They speak a language that's very similar to us (Turks). Azerbaijan is a predominately Shi'a Muslim state; however, they're too are a secular country and are very Western oriented. They aren't really a power house when it comes to their Olympic performance; however, they do fairly well in Wrestling and Weightlifting. I'm not really sure about how many medals they've managed to gather over the past couple of Olympic games; however, I would imagine that it isn't much considering that they've just been independent since 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1 Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Well, despite the impressive economy growth of Azerbaijan over the last few years (over 30% in 2006!!!), the capital city of Baku remains one of the most unpleasant places to live in, at least according to the quality of living survey from Mercer. In the newly released 2007 version, Baku scores lowest in the health and sanitation category and takes the 193 place out of 215 in the overall ranking. On the other hand this survey isn't the best indicator when it comes to IOC's evaluation reports, as Almaty was placed 183th last year but it impressed the IOC commission so much that they gave it 4th place in front of Java, Spain and Sofia (118th). Link to the official site Link to the full rankings Nevertheless there is much to be done in Baku before they start thinking of hosting Olympic Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 And, in the meanwhile, my city grabs the top honor here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Baku's gonna face the same fate as Almaty & Borjomi did. Not even gonna short-listed. And Almaty mostly likely faired better than Jaca & Sofia last year, because Jaca's candidacy was absolutely not within the Olympic Charter, & Sofia's plan downright lacked detail. So I seriously doubt it had anything to do with the IOC being "impressed" with Almaty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 They shouldn't even bother. What a waste of money to just officially enter this bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm Jeremie Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 And Almaty mostly likely faired better than Jaca & Sofia last year, because Jaca's candidacy was absolutely not within the Olympic Charter, & Sofia's plan downright lacked detail. So I seriously doubt it had anything to do with the IOC being "impressed" with Almaty. Hmm, alllow me to disagree. The applicant cities evaluation is really a technical evaluation conducted by technical experts, not IOC members (although the IOC Executive board has the final word since it is the one selecting the candidate cities). The fact that Jaca was not within the following charter cannot explain by itself the poor marks Jaca got. Jaca got poor marks because its plan was spread aroun d a large area which presented great logistics challenge, mainly for transportation. This plan was killed in the IOC Evaluation Commission report for 2002 for the exact same reasons. Sofia's plan was also really spread out. I think Almaty plan has a much greater potential. Its concept was impressive. Almaty still needs to improve its core infrastructure but you can bet that, in the long term, Almaty will host while Jaca never will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skicross Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Hmm, alllow me to disagree.The applicant cities evaluation is really a technical evaluation conducted by technical experts, not IOC members (although the IOC Executive board has the final word since it is the one selecting the candidate cities). The fact that Jaca was not within the following charter cannot explain by itself the poor marks Jaca got. Jaca got poor marks because its plan was spread aroun d a large area which presented great logistics challenge, mainly for transportation. This plan was killed in the IOC Evaluation Commission report for 2002 for the exact same reasons. Sofia's plan was also really spread out. I think Almaty plan has a much greater potential. Its concept was impressive. Almaty still needs to improve its core infrastructure but you can bet that, in the long term, Almaty will host while Jaca never will. The distance between Jaca and Zaragoza is about 142 Kms, other olympic cities have had similar or bigger distances such as Vancouver-Wisthle (140 km) or the long distances in Torino (about 1.30 or 2 hours). The biggest problem for Jaca, as you said, was transport, the IOC dind't accept the AVE (Spanish High Velocity train) because it only arrives to Huesca (city between Zaragoza and Jaca) and not to Jaca itself. In a few years the new highway Zaragoza-Jaca will be finished, and the accomodation problems will be almost solved, Zaragoza is building many hotels for the EXPO 2008 and other infraestructures (renovate airport...). The most probable thing it is that the name of the candidature was Zaragoza 20XX, in order to take advantage of all Zaragoza's improvements, Jaca would host the snow events as in 2014 and Zaragoza the ice ones. This way, the candidature would be within the following charter and would be a solid bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe_Golias Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Friday, July 20, 2007Baku 2016 Games Bid Cost Being Studied Posted 12:21 pm ET (GamesBids.com) Chingiz Huseynzade, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan, told a press conference in Baku that the cost of hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games may be $20 billion. Baku Today reports Huseynzade stressed it was only the initial figure and was made on the basis of increasing expenses of the Olympic Games. He said, “currently a group of economists is working on this issue and they should produce relevant accounts. The practice shows that each new game appears more expensive than previous one”. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already accepted Azerbaijan’s 2016 bid and Baku has until mid September to answer the IOC's questions about the country’s possibilities and condition of its sports infrastructure. $20 billion - that's half of Azerbaijan's GDP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 US dollars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 US dollars? I assume so. But, it makes me wonder, if this bid will be like the equivalent of that Georgian bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 I assume so. But, it makes me wonder, if this bid will be like the equivalent of that Georgian bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Absolutely. They have as much chance as Timbuktu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 It's funny how these former Soviet, central Asian repubolics are amongst the most peristent of bidders now. We've had Tashkent, Borjomi, Almaty and now Baku all touting their Olympic hopes (have I left any out?). I wonder if maybe it is a matter of time before one of them gets the formula right and strikes it lucky. That said, 2016 will NOT be that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoddy Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 With Sochi getting 2014 Games Baku which is just, uh, up th street to them, has nothing to hope. They kust should cancel their bid and spend more money to futher country's development. Maybe in 30 years they will make it? Who knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Agree, Yet another slot filler to inlarge the ranks of the first round before the axe falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaka_Ray Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 With Sochi getting 2014 Games Baku which is just, uh, up th street to them, has nothing to hope. They kust should cancel their bid and spend more money to futher country's development. Maybe in 30 years they will make it? Who knows... yeah, why they don't spend their money for another things ? with russia for 2014, another ex-ussr won't get 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
can135 Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 How else to get your country noticed and talked about - good publicity after being under the unbrella of the USSR for so long - exactly how much does it cost to throw your name into the hat and get a years worth of publicity before you don't make the short list - probably comes out of the tourism budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmet Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Would Azerbaijan be willing to host the Armenian athletes if they were granted to host the olympics? I don't know if you guys are aware, but UEFA canceled the 2 upcoming matchs between both nations for the EURO 2008 qualification partly due to the fact that Azerbaijan refused to host the Armenian team at their home. So this definitely wont look good on their "resume". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm Jeremie Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Ahmet, maybe you can help me with that. When I was in Baku, I had the feeling that the language spoken in Azerbaijan was quite close to Turkish. Was I completely wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaka_Ray Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Would Azerbaijan be willing to host the Armenian athletes if they were granted to host the olympics?I don't know if you guys are aware, but UEFA canceled the 2 upcoming matchs between both nations for the EURO 2008 qualification partly due to the fact that Azerbaijan refused to host the Armenian team at their home. So this definitely wont look good on their "resume". hey, why ? what happen between armenia and azerbaijan ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm Jeremie Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 hey, why ? what happen between armenia and azerbaijan ?? They are fighting over High Karaba region, which is "an Azerbaijan territory currently occupied by Armenia" (that's the Azerbaijan version of it). I don't know who is right or wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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