Vegas Hosting Summer Olympics?
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This LV Review-Journal article discusses the possibilities.
It seems a long shot, but the Olympics ain't the big deal it used to be. Plus there are few cities in the world with both the venues and revenues to host them. Vegas happens to be one of them, and with pro sports now embracing the city, who knows? Heh, heh. Imagine Caesars Palace doubling as the Olympic Village.
Here are some suggested venues....
Archery: Rio Secco Golf Club
Basketball: T-Mobile Arena
Baseball and softball: Las Vegas Ballpark
Beach volleyball: The Strip
Boxing: MGM Grand Garden
Climbing: The Strat
Cycling: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Equestrian: Las Vegas Festival Grounds
Fencing: MSG Sphere at The Venetian
Field hockey: Cashman Field
Golf: Rio Secco Golf Club
Gymnastics: Las Vegas Convention Center
Judo: Las Vegas Convention Center
Karate: Las Vegas Convention Center
Modern pentathlon: TPC at Summerlin
Roller sports: Orleans Arena
Rowing: Lake Las Vegas
Rugby: Sam Boyd Stadium
Sailing: Lake Mead
Shooting: Earl E. Wilson Baseball Stadium
Soccer: Las Vegas Stadium
Surfing: Malibu, California*
Swimming and diving: The Mirage
Table tennis: Las Vegas Convention Center
Tennis: Mandalay Bay
Track and field: Las Vegas Stadium
Triathlon: The Strip
Volleyball: Cox Pavilion
*Note that they need an out-of-state ocean for some events. If no water is needed, however, what do you call a beach without an ocean?
Just a way to lose money. Let some nation that needs the exposure lose money on them.
Then I saw him in the Village People movie “Can’t stop the music”.
What ever happened to him anyways?
Quote: BozAs a kid growing up, I thought Bruce Jenner was the greatest athlete on Earth.
Then I saw him in the Village People movie “Can’t stop the music”.
What ever happened to him anyways?
The Kardashians sucked the testosterone out of him and dumped his dried up corpse on Lee Major’s porch.
Quote: ams288I feel like it’s way too hot in Vegas in July/August for them to be able to safely hold some of the outdoor events.
They probably would consider moving the date. Sydney was September 15-October 1, 2000.
Quote: GialmereThe poll question is: Do you think Vegas will ever host the Summer Olympics?
Just about the same odds as they hold the winter Olympics.
Quote: KeyserThe Olympic committee would never allow it in a million years. The reason is because of the gambling allowed in LV.
They care too much about integrity to realize they could make a boatload if they paid off the right people. Smh
Quote: DRichQuote: GialmereThe poll question is: Do you think Vegas will ever host the Summer Olympics?
Just about the same odds as they hold the winter Olympics.
Surprisingly this isn't as far-fetched as it may sound.
Here's a story about Las Vegas and the Winter Olympics.
In this scenario, the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition wins the bid for the 2030 Games (touting its Squaw Valley credentials). One of the ways to keep costs down is to utilize existing infrastructure that simply needs sprucing up. To make this easier, the IOC has loosened host city restrictions so that locations in the general host area are usable, and Vegas just happens to have four full-size arenas capable of laying ice. So, while not the host city, it IS possible that Sin City in the desert will start setting up to host actual Winter Olympic events (hockey, figure skating, speed skating, curling etc.) in a mere ten years.
Why not? It just snowed there.
Quote: KeyserThe Olympic committee would never allow it in a million years. The reason is because of the gambling allowed in LV.
Huh? The city I used as an example of the Olympic dates moving due to weather concerns (Sydney) had casinos and legal sportsbetting in 2000.
Quote: KeyserThe Olympic committee would never allow it in a million years. The reason is because of the gambling allowed in LV.
Olympics were in London
Everybody knows UK bookies will take a bet on just about anything
Quote: KeyserThe Olympic committee would never allow it in a million years. The reason is because of the gambling allowed in LV.
Edit - Said same thing as everyone else
Quote: KeyserThe Olympic committee would never allow it in a million years. The reason is because of the gambling allowed in LV.
Ahhhh, the IOC, those bastions of righteousness
Also, while some of the sites are questionable at best (swimming at the Mirage? - and triathlon can't he "held on the strip" as there is an open-water swimming element; it would probably have to be based near Lake Mead), and some impossible (you can't have track cycling anywhere except by building a new velodrome, which was what was done for 1984 - and then it was literally moved to Colorado Springs), others are left out (nothing at Thomas & Mack? - and some sports, like handball, were left off of the list).
The general idea is sound - use the 1984 model of existing sites (which is what is also used whenever somebody suggests the San Francisco area as a host site) - but it falls apart in the details.
Obviously no time soon but certainly before one million years.Quote: ams288What year would this even be? LA is hosting the 2028 olympics, and before that the last US summer olympics were in 1996. I can’t imagine them having them in the US anytime soon after 2028.
I cant find anything on this but it would start melting the ice on a Vegas taboo.Quote: billryanI thought the Raider Stadium is going to host some soccer games for the LA games?
Heh. I think that's the city's ace in the hole. If anything, the IOC is more money hungry and corrupt than FIFA.Quote: aceofspadesAhhhh, the IOC, those bastions of righteousness
Meanwhile the Reno/Tahoe Winter Games Coalition has dropped out of the 2030 bidding citing (no doubt correctly) that with LA hosting 2028, they would have insufficient time to line up sponsors. So, for now, the can gets kicked down the road. If they do get them in the future then Vegas is a shoe-in to host curling. I had no idea but, evidently, the city is an unlikely hot spot for the sport, catering to both locals and Canadian tourists. The Orleans Arena is an internationally renowned curling venue. Who'd a thunk it? Do any of you Vegasites play the game?
I think we'll have a better idea of how it would go in LV after the games are hosted in Dubai.
Quote: AyecarumbaI can imagine it. The new Raiders stadium is the key piece that was missing. It would be interesting because the distance events would have to be late at night, when the temperature finally drops to 40c, but there is no reason Las Vegas couldn't be a great place to have the games.
I think we'll have a better idea of how it would go in LV after the games are hosted in Dubai.
Does anybody have more lighting per square inch than Vegas? Stage everything at night. It could be amazing.
Quote: beachbumbabsDoes anybody have more lighting per square inch than Vegas? Stage everything at night. It could be amazing.
Burning Man!
Quote: beachbumbabs
Does anybody have more lighting per square inch than Vegas? Stage everything at night. It could be amazing.
Quote: WizardBurning Man!
No, not square inch on each person...
Hehe... Run the marathon through an alkali salt flat.... I might actually pay to see that...
Quote: AyecarumbaI think we'll have a better idea of how it would go in LV after the games are hosted in Dubai.
You mean when the World Cup is held in Dubai - in November and December?
And no, they're not going to hold the marathon - or the cycling road races, or the cross-country portion of the equestrian three-day event - at night, especially as the sun doesn't go down in July until, what, 8 PM Pacific? Does NBC tell everybody, "Sorry, but we can't show the finish of the marathon live until 1 AM Eastern"?
Quote: GialmereHmm... If a sport isn't shown live, regardless of your time zone, is it a REAL sport?
Seriously - you're asking a Vegas forum about NBC's policy showing the Olympics in the west? Even back when the Winter Olympics were in Salt Lake City, NBC's policy was:
1. "We don't show the events live in the west because people are still driving home from work."
2. "We don't show the events live on another one of our channels in the west because we don't want people who want to watch the events in prime time having the results spoiled by accidentally hearing their neighbors' TVs while they are watching the live events."
I have a feeling the real, and unmentioned, reason for #2 is:
2. "We don't show the events live on another one of our channels in the west because our affiliates would throw a major fit if we took people away from watching the tape-delayed version - along with the local commercials they sold at a premium price."
Quote: ThatDonGuySeriously - you're asking a Vegas forum about NBC's policy showing the Olympics in the west? Even back when the Winter Olympics were in Salt Lake City, NBC's policy was:
1. "We don't show the events live in the west because people are still driving home from work."
2. "We don't show the events live on another one of our channels in the west because we don't want people who want to watch the events in prime time having the results spoiled by accidentally hearing their neighbors' TVs while they are watching the live events."
I have a feeling the real, and unmentioned, reason for #2 is:
2. "We don't show the events live on another one of our channels in the west because our affiliates would throw a major fit if we took people away from watching the tape-delayed version - along with the local commercials they sold at a premium price."
The 1996 Gymnastics Team event in Atlanta was held in the afternoon so Europe could see it in "primetime". I was spoiled earlier in the day by the Headline News ticker that the US won. I was in shock because I knew Kerri Strug had to make a successful fault on a hurt ankle. It was dramatic in a totally different way.
https://www.nbcsports.com/video/kerri-strug-overcomes-pain-win-gold-1996-olympic-games
Quote: ThatDonGuyYou mean when the World Cup is held in Dubai - in November and December?...
No, I mean the Summer Olympics.
I just wanna get more action down on curling, ice dancing, and Russian bobsledding. 🐐
Quote: AyecarumbaNo, I mean the Summer Olympics.
I think he's alluding to an event that is traditionally held in Summer doesn't have to be. It's not a requirement to host the "Summer" Olympics in Summer. As I wrote earlier in this thread Sydney held it from 9/15-10/1, so that "Summer" Olympics began late in the Australian Winter.
Vegas would be okay with non-traditional dates.
Quote: tringlomaneI think he's alluding to an event that is traditionally held in Summer doesn't have to be.
No - the post I was replying to said, "I think we'll have a better idea of how it would go in LV after the games are hosted in Dubai," and I assumed either he thought that Dubai had actually been awarded an upcoming Summer Olympics or had it confused with its upcoming World Cup.
