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Olympics in Charlotte?
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Posted 21 May 2012 - 12:31 PM
Urbanity, you must be clairvoyant. Quote from you in an earlier comment back in Feb, 2010:
"I rather see Charlotte go for a National Political Convention, Superbowl or World Cup to be honest." Anything else you holding back from us.
Anyhow, it would be years. I don't why, except for the publicity, that a city would take on that task.
"I rather see Charlotte go for a National Political Convention, Superbowl or World Cup to be honest." Anything else you holding back from us.
Anyhow, it would be years. I don't why, except for the publicity, that a city would take on that task.
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Posted 21 May 2012 - 01:44 PM
nashbill, on 21 May 2012 - 12:31 PM, said:
Urbanity, you must be clairvoyant. Quote from you in an earlier comment back in Feb, 2010:
"I rather see Charlotte go for a National Political Convention, Superbowl or World Cup to be honest." Anything else you holding back from us.
Anyhow, it would be years. I don't why, except for the publicity, that a city would take on that task.
"I rather see Charlotte go for a National Political Convention, Superbowl or World Cup to be honest." Anything else you holding back from us.
Anyhow, it would be years. I don't why, except for the publicity, that a city would take on that task.
That is what we live for here. Keeping up with the Joneses.
That would build our International profile and make it easier for us to recruit people, companies, and talent.
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Posted 21 May 2012 - 07:29 PM
Why not go after the 2019 Pan American Games?? I feel like that is actually an attainable task and is much more affordable. Plus, it would be an excellent "test of the waters" if one day, maybe 2028 or 2032, we went after a summer Olympics. Geez 2032 is a long way out.
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 11:15 AM
Charlotte is not ready for the Olympic stage.
Look at the cities that have hosted the event: Athens, Paris, London, Stockholm, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki, Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City, Munich, Montreal, Moscow, Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney, Bejing, and Rio gets 2016.
The only US cities are St Louis (1904), Los Angeles (twice) and Atlanta.
St. Louis in 1904 was much more prominent on the world stage than Charlotte in 2012.
Maybe it was a good thing that the flight to London was cancelled. http://www.charlotte...to-chamber.html
Look at the cities that have hosted the event: Athens, Paris, London, Stockholm, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki, Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City, Munich, Montreal, Moscow, Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney, Bejing, and Rio gets 2016.
The only US cities are St Louis (1904), Los Angeles (twice) and Atlanta.
St. Louis in 1904 was much more prominent on the world stage than Charlotte in 2012.
Maybe it was a good thing that the flight to London was cancelled. http://www.charlotte...to-chamber.html
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 02:57 PM
Don't Forget that Chicago was supposed to hold the Olympics in 1904, but the Olympic committee moved the games to St. Louis to be by the World's Fair. They owe Chicago some games.....
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Posted 23 May 2012 - 01:03 PM
In 1904, St. Louis (200,000) was 10 times the size of Charlotte (20,000). In 1980, Los Angeles (3 million) was 10 times the size of Charlotte (300,000). In 1996, Atlanta (400,000) was nearly identical to Charlotte (400,000). However, that's if you use City, instead of Metro area, like all the prior comparisons. But basically, Charlotte remains too small to host the Olympics.
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