thatsnotmypuppy Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 Firstly – congratulation to the winning Australian bid for the 2026 World Cup! Moving right along lets keep what little momentum we have going and let’s kick off the 2016 Summer Olympic Games Competition! What I would like to see by Sunday, February 3rd 2008 is a list of nominated cities. On February 4th I will release the required single bid book instructions. It will be a simple 5-8 page document laying out your venue plans, your bid theme, your budget etc. Once these have been submitted by a due date to be determined, I will release a report and a shortlist consisting of no more than 5-6 cities. We will the start voting at that point until we have a winner. No multiple bid books – just the initial submission. No drawn out extensions that kill all interest – just a quick, sharp competition. There are some rules regarding cities that can be submitted. Any city that has won a GB comp cannot be entered – sorry Melbourne, Guatemala City and the other one. No recent “real” Olympic hosts can be entered – so say goodbye to Atlanta, Nagano, Sydney, Salt Lake City, Athens, Turin, Beijing, Vancouver, London and Sochi. No 2012 or 2016 finalists or bidders – so no to Paris, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, Baku, Chicago, Doha, Madrid, Prague, Rio De Janeiro and Tokyo. I don’t mean to make this overly difficult – but I’d love to see some originality. So maybe Ankara instead of Istanbul. Maybe Buenos Aires instead of another Santiago bid, etc. So who is in? Suggestions?
Citius Altius Fortius Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 I think about a Hamburg bid!
james Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 Am putting up a bid for Calabar in Nigeria.
Aronious Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 I know in the real world this wouldnt happen (though im sure CAF is fine with 2 german bids if he goes ahead with Hamburg) but..... Cologne, Germany....I will be using the spelling Cologne as i dont know which is more acceptable, Cologne, Koln, Koeln....CAF?
Rafa Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 Am putting up a bid for Calabar in Nigeria. James I'd suggest choosing a city that actually has a chance of shortlisting. Choose a city outside of Africa that interests you and has a good chance of shortlisting.
ghost1 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 I'm in, I still haven't decided which city. I have a lot work to do until the 5th of february (then my little holiday starts), but I'll try to be ready by the 3th
NYCD 2012 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 James I'd suggest choosing a city that actually has a chance of shortlisting. Choose a city outside of Africa that interests you and has a good chance of shortlisting. Like Baron did , ULAN BATOR 2018
baron-pierreIV Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 Like Baron did , ULAN BATOR 2018 Yes, that was a good one!! I'm thinking Tikrit (Saddam's Last Stand) this time. Not sure yet.
thatsnotmypuppy Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Posted January 28, 2008 I'm in, I still haven't decided which city. I have a lot work to do until the 5th of february (then my little holiday starts), but I'll try to be ready by the 3th It's OK ghost1 - you just need to announce your bid city at this point. The bid book/brihure instructions wont be announced until Feb 4 so you wont have to do anything until then. I assure you the bid book/brochure requirements will be pretty tame. I'm going to go with Hong Kong since my 2028 bid kind of went nowhere - however I will not be shortlisting myself - I just want to finish the bid I planned.
ghost1 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 Thanks, TNMP, I'll have time after Feb the 5th to do the bid book, but here's my candidate: VIENNA 2016
Aronious Posted January 29, 2008 Report Posted January 29, 2008 Vienna, Austria Miami, United States St. Louis, United States Cologne, Germany Manila, Phillipines Hong Kong, China Calabar, Nigeria Ciaro, Egypt Hamburg, Germany Quite a healthy list.
thatsnotmypuppy Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Posted January 29, 2008 Guys - can we hold off on the seperate threads until we have the final lists of cities? I'm going to reply the usual PDF/Word doc brochures - so dont shoot your load so soon!!
Citius Altius Fortius Posted January 29, 2008 Report Posted January 29, 2008 TNMP, I haven't decided yet if I will make a "Hamburg 2016" bid - it is really thrilling me to do so, but I am very busy in the office at the moment
Citius Altius Fortius Posted January 29, 2008 Report Posted January 29, 2008 I really would like to make a Hamburg bid, but it really depends how TNMP defines the bid book/brochure requirements... I have already made a logo - since I do not have a good drawing programme it is a little bit "unprofessional"
thatsnotmypuppy Posted February 1, 2008 Author Report Posted February 1, 2008 Total rip off of the 2010 World Cup bid logo - but awesome!! I fucking love it though, Rol! I am just reusing my HK 2028 logo as I love it -
Sir Rols Posted February 1, 2008 Report Posted February 1, 2008 Total rip off of the 2010 World Cup bid logo - but awesome!! I fucking love it though, Rol! I am just reusing my HK 2028 logo as I love it - Wow! To tell you the absolute truth, I'd never seen (or can't remember seeing) the WC bid logo, so that's a coincidence (or maybe a subliminal influence). By the way, I like the notion of a single bid book phase. Should net a few more finalists. Could we have a campaigning phase between the short list and actual voting?
Citius Altius Fortius Posted February 1, 2008 Report Posted February 1, 2008 I have the pleasure to announce a Hamburg 2016 bid
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