The Rio de Janeiro Olympics are in trouble due to disease, pollution, and a failing economy. So there is some speculation the games will be a disaster. The 2004 Athens Olympics faced problems as well, as did the Salt Lake City winter games. That was infrastructure and scandal, however. The athletes health were not being put in jeopardy.
I supposed something like this was bound to happen. The Olympics have become more expensive and complicated as time goes on. My suggestion would be to lessen the chance of failure by distributing the games instead of concentrating everyone in one location.
The games are supposed to bring together the best athletes every four years to compete. If you believe the competition is more important than some city wasting money building venues that get used once, then it doesn’t matter where each competition is held. Let cities bid for specific events. For example, Boston would be a perfect place for the rowing events. London as a great stadium for track and field. Rome could host basketball. Gymnastics would be a perfect fit for Russia or China. They could even do swimming in Montreal. Cities could spend a smaller amount of money on infrastructure for a popular sport in their area, which would save them money and improve the competition in their area.
The advantage is that if some city screws up their venue, it would not be that difficult to change late. There is no way the Rio Olympics can be moved six months out. If it was just the swimming happening there, however, it would be easy to move it to Mexico City or Beunos Aires. It might be tougher to broadcast, since networks have to send crews all over the World, but they do things like that all the time.
It’s something to think about for 2020 and beyond.
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