I'd be rounding up livestock for sacrifice to save us from the shambling corpse of the IOC, but I'm pretty sure the city's crumbling infrastructure, crushing debt, and complete structural inability to handle the surge of tourism will do the job for me.
That said, this is the most hilariously incompetent group of people I've ever seen, and I'm proud to have them representing our bid for the summer games. They registered a domain name AND rounded up 342 Likes on Facebook? Look like they've got this one in the bag. Make way for the torch to parade down Comm Ave!
Almost every city that hosts the Olympics is left with a gargantuan amount of debt. The whole "it will profit the city through tourism" and other assumptions are far and away the exception, not the rule.
We have to insist on Candlepin Bowling as a demonstration sport!
Summer Olympics are for megacities anymore - look at how they almost destroyed Montreal! I suspect that the people pushing this have little or no sense of geographic and demographic scale.
On the plus side, Barcelona got a really nice transit system out of the deal. Maybe we could, too?
I would have liked to have seen the merge from the Tobin Bridge across three lanes of fast moving traffic to the Storrow Drive exit made an Olympic event.
1) Crossing Boylston Street between Fairfield and Gloucester to get from the Pru to the Apple Store. Must not be in a crosswalk. All lights for incoming cars must be green. Must be texting on an iPhone.
2) Walk from Target in Everett through the rotary of Route 16 and Mystic Valley Parkway to the KISS 108 offices. Must cross through the middle of the five way rotary. At least one light must be green. Each bag you carry is subtracted* 0.1 second to your final time as a bonus.
*Whoops! Originally had "added" but then it dawned on me that the goal is to get the lowest time.
It would be a real disgrace because of bias if someone threw off the Staring Into Manhole Contest Holding a Cup of Dunkin Donuts Coffee gold medal match between the Staties and BPD.
So we get to take crippling debt and gross mis-management of the Big Dig and couple that with the police state lockdown of the 2004 DNC so we can do what? Keep perpetuating these World Class City fantasies?
is certifiable or thinks they'll personally make big $ out of the deal. Most residents would get little to nothing except A LOT of aggravation and public debt.
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Save us.
I'd be rounding up livestock for sacrifice to save us from the shambling corpse of the IOC, but I'm pretty sure the city's crumbling infrastructure, crushing debt, and complete structural inability to handle the surge of tourism will do the job for me.
That said, this is the most hilariously incompetent group of people I've ever seen, and I'm proud to have them representing our bid for the summer games. They registered a domain name AND rounded up 342 Likes on Facebook? Look like they've got this one in the bag. Make way for the torch to parade down Comm Ave!
Seriously
Almost every city that hosts the Olympics is left with a gargantuan amount of debt. The whole "it will profit the city through tourism" and other assumptions are far and away the exception, not the rule.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/business/july-dec09/olympics_10-01.html
Boston needs to get it's budget in order before even dreaming of this, especially with the threats to raise taxes across the board already.
Candlepins!
We have to insist on Candlepin Bowling as a demonstration sport!
Summer Olympics are for megacities anymore - look at how they almost destroyed Montreal! I suspect that the people pushing this have little or no sense of geographic and demographic scale.
On the plus side, Barcelona got a really nice transit system out of the deal. Maybe we could, too?
Good one
>On the plus side, Barcelona got a really nice transit system out of
>the deal. Maybe we could, too?
LOL, I know, right?
On the plus side, Barcelona
On the plus side, Barcelona got a really nice transit system out of the deal. Maybe we could, too?
So you're saying that you want the state to dust off the plans for 695?
Does not comupute
Transit system, darling = subway, etc.
Shit, I've even got pics of a dunks in the Barcelona Metro - I thought it was a jetlagged hallucination!
I know what a transit system
I know what a transit system is, I'm just very cynical. Improving the T would be a smart project, so of course it wouldn't happen.
Too bad...
I would have liked to have seen the merge from the Tobin Bridge across three lanes of fast moving traffic to the Storrow Drive exit made an Olympic event.
Too bad
that the "Storrow Drive/I-93/Tobin Bridge" bumper-cars weave across the Charles River was done away with by 2007.
It is?
My goodness! I need to get into Boston more often!
Speedwalking events
1) Crossing Boylston Street between Fairfield and Gloucester to get from the Pru to the Apple Store. Must not be in a crosswalk. All lights for incoming cars must be green. Must be texting on an iPhone.
2) Walk from Target in Everett through the rotary of Route 16 and Mystic Valley Parkway to the KISS 108 offices. Must cross through the middle of the five way rotary. At least one light must be green. Each bag you carry is subtracted* 0.1 second to your final time as a bonus.
*Whoops! Originally had "added" but then it dawned on me that the goal is to get the lowest time.
Tag Romney be appointed by
Tag Romney will be appointed by President Jenna Bush to save the Olympics?
So no chance of beer pong getting added as an event?
Or will President Jenna overrule him and make beer pong and boilermaker chugging unofficial events?
Too bad we don't have East German judges anymore
It would be a real disgrace because of bias if someone threw off the Staring Into Manhole Contest Holding a Cup of Dunkin Donuts Coffee gold medal match between the Staties and BPD.
Hey now
Don't forget the Transit Police!
Benefits?
So we get to take crippling debt and gross mis-management of the Big Dig and couple that with the police state lockdown of the 2004 DNC so we can do what? Keep perpetuating these World Class City fantasies?
Awesome. Thankfully, it won't happen.
Anybody who would wish for their city to host the Olympics
is certifiable or thinks they'll personally make big $ out of the deal. Most residents would get little to nothing except A LOT of aggravation and public debt.
Summer Biathalon
Using those skis with wheels, do laps of the Esplanade and pick off targets along the way with a rifle. Maybe they could put up cardboard redcoats?
Mayor calls it far-fetched
WBUR reports, notes he was upset he heard about it in the paper first, and you know how he hates surprises.