Los Angeles Makes Deal to Host the 2028 Summer Olympics - Page 8

sopas ej · #**141** Posted **Aug 17, 2017, 9:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by The North One

This is a total lie, nobody in the US wants to host the Olympics for congestion alone, no one in this country is impressed with the concept anymore, it's a dated relic, even average viewership is old.

That's probably due to the fact that younger audiences simply watched the Rio Games via non-traditional ways, like the internet or other streaming options. And now that we're starting to see commercials even with online viewing these days, the way that we know television now will more than likely be a thing of the past in the next decade or two.

I don't see the Olympics going away anytime soon, at least not due to a lack of audience. The Rio 2016 Olympics were still watched by 3.5 Billion people worldwide, and 200 million in the US alone (that's nearly 2/3 of the country's population). Those numbers still aren't too shabby.

BrandonJXN · #**142** Posted **Aug 19, 2017, 3:14 PM**

For those who haven't seen it, here is a general overview of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic games.

Downtown Cluster

Valley Sports Park

South Bay Sports Park

Long Beach Sports Park

LA Stadium

Rose Bowl

Honda Center

[b]The Forum

[b]Pauley Pavilion

SD_Phil · #**143** Posted **Aug 20, 2017, 7:51 AM**

Thanks for all of the images. I think they're going to hit this one out of the park and that the Olympics will probably help to extend the already historical building boom going on all over LA.

SLO · #**144** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 4:35 AM**

Outstanding renderings it's going to be huge. Kind of restocks LAs sports facility infrastructure and a nice clean up if the city.

Londonee · #**145** Posted **Aug 23, 2017, 3:34 PM**

LA obviously has awesome existing infrastructure for its bid bolstered by its 2 massive PAC12 universities and their facilities. Which got me thinking what other cities have pre-built, decently accessible infrastructure in place to keep costs down.

Philly has several all of its large venues near Center City and/or accessible by subway.

10k+ Seating arenas:
Wells Fargo Center (20,000)
The Palestra (10,000)
The Liacouras center (10,000)
PPL Park - (20,000) home to Philadelphia Union

3-5k Seating Areans:
Drexel Athletic Center
Tom Gola Arena

Large Venues connected via subway:
Franklin Field (55,000) - home to the oldest and largest track and field competition in the US
Lincoln Financial Field (70,000)
Citizens Bank Park (45,000)

Pennsylvania Convention Center -
Recently doubled in size - accessible by 2 subways and regional rail network.

In the near MainLine suburbs you have venues at Villanova University, Devon Horse Grounds (equestrian), and Valley Forge National Park - most accessible by rail.

Olympic Village:
Temple University

Other:
PPL Park - (20,000) home to Philadelphia Union

Cory · #**146** Posted **Sep 13, 2017, 6:37 PM**

LA was rewarded 2028, Paris 2024.

ChargerCarl · #**147** Posted **Sep 13, 2017, 7:44 PM**

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ozone · #**148** Posted **Sep 13, 2017, 7:57 PM**

I read the Times article and the obligatory rebuttal by the No Olympic LA group. Their argument basically boils down to 'money spent on the Games could be spent elsewhere.' Not that it will, of course. That poor people might be displaced by construction. Yes and they might be displaced without the Olympics too. It's what happens in a living dynamic city. And they point out that life didn't dramatically improve for the poor minorities after the 84 Olympics, citing the 1992 LA Riots as proof even though it was nearly a decade later and had roots that went back long before the Olympics. They say there is still a good chance they can successfully block the Olympics from happening. But like their arguments, they are wrong.

caligrad · #**149** Posted **Sep 13, 2017, 10:05 PM**

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more...cid=spartandhp

Well Its official. LA gets the 2028 games.

With a budget of 5.3 billion.

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**150** Posted **Sep 13, 2017, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by ozone

I read the Times article and the obligatory rebuttal by the No Olympic LA group. Their argument basically boils down to 'money spent on the Games could be spent elsewhere.' Not that it will, of course. That poor people might be displaced by construction. Yes and they might be displaced without the Olympics too. It's what happens in a living dynamic city. And they point out that life didn't dramatically improve for the poor minorities after the 84 Olympics, citing the 1992 LA Riots as proof even though it was nearly a decade later and had roots that went back long before the Olympics. They say there is still a good chance they can successfully block the Olympics from happening. But like their arguments, they are wrong.

That is an irrelevant group. They are what, 20 people? Fuck them

dktshb · #**151** Posted **Sep 14, 2017, 5:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by ozone

I read the Times article and the obligatory rebuttal by the No Olympic LA group. Their argument basically boils down to 'money spent on the Games could be spent elsewhere.' Not that it will, of course. That poor people might be displaced by construction. Yes and they might be displaced without the Olympics too. It's what happens in a living dynamic city. And they point out that life didn't dramatically improve for the poor minorities after the 84 Olympics, citing the 1992 LA Riots as proof even though it was nearly a decade later and had roots that went back long before the Olympics. They say there is still a good chance they can successfully block the Olympics from happening. But like their arguments, they are wrong.

Nonsense, and since when was it the job of the Olympics to improve workforce conditions of a host city? I also cannot imagine many people being displaced because of construction since most everything to support the Games already exists. Additionally, we're already seeing people from all walks of life being displaced with our without the Olympics. These probably are the same people behind the anti construction initiative bu!!shit we saw in LA and Santa Monica at the ballot box that failed.

Shawn · #**152** Posted **Sep 14, 2017, 5:23 AM**

That Downtown Cluster map really screwed with me for a couple of seconds until I realized it was oriented East and not North.

This should be one of the better Summer Olympics in a while - LA knows the deal and we won't have any CNN pieces questioning "Can they build it all in time??" like we had for Rio.