Elections for the 2020 Summer Olympics will be held tomorrow(09.07.13) in Argentina. Candidate cities are Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul.
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/05/sport/2020-olympics-tokyo-madrid-istanbul-ioc/?hpt=hp_t3
All tree cities have troubles of their own but the odds are in favor of Tokyo being Madrid second. But Istanbul still has a chance too. And that makes me think whether if it's a really good thing to host such a big event for a city.
I live in Istanbul half of the year and I can't imagine the games to go without major problems there. Our city structure and traffic is a nightmare and I fear they would worsen it if we would win the voting.
A short research on Google reveals so many disadvantages and bad sides of the Olympics for the cities that hosted it in the past. Athens being the most prominent example, it almost made the whole country bankrupted. And so many regular people suffer during the preparation periods, even in the most modern cities like London. The interests are huge for the big business players so it makes them greedy and raging over the possible profits. But obviously public or the majority of the regular people don't get much of the cake, in fact they are lucky if they manage to not suffer, especially the local people.
So what is your opinions about hosting Summer Olympics or the games itself? What was the case for the USA cities that hosted Olympics before?
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/05/sport/2020-olympics-tokyo-madrid-istanbul-ioc/?hpt=hp_t3
All tree cities have troubles of their own but the odds are in favor of Tokyo being Madrid second. But Istanbul still has a chance too. And that makes me think whether if it's a really good thing to host such a big event for a city.
I live in Istanbul half of the year and I can't imagine the games to go without major problems there. Our city structure and traffic is a nightmare and I fear they would worsen it if we would win the voting.
A short research on Google reveals so many disadvantages and bad sides of the Olympics for the cities that hosted it in the past. Athens being the most prominent example, it almost made the whole country bankrupted. And so many regular people suffer during the preparation periods, even in the most modern cities like London. The interests are huge for the big business players so it makes them greedy and raging over the possible profits. But obviously public or the majority of the regular people don't get much of the cake, in fact they are lucky if they manage to not suffer, especially the local people.
So what is your opinions about hosting Summer Olympics or the games itself? What was the case for the USA cities that hosted Olympics before?
