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Birmingham trying for 2020 Olympic games

Submitted by rapture on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 4:02pm.

The City of Birmingham is going to try to get the 2020 Olympic games. Here's a story:

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http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/06/olympic_games_in_birmingham_ma.html#

The application fee is $500,000 and that cost would be split by business leaders and the city. "This is not a game or a joke. You don't spend half a million if you don't believe in the product you're trying to sell. There's nothing cheap about this."
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I think it's a waste of money. It's a cool dream. I'd love for Bham to get such an event. But I think the Bham mayor needs a dose of reality. Just because a city can fund the application fee doesn't mean it's able to be a host city. Bham doesn't have the infrastructure to support such an event. Outside of a few SEC events, Bham doesn't host national sporting events.

Besides...even if Bham had the infrastructure and the financing the back this event, do you think the Olympic committee would choose a site that's just 2 hours from the site of the '96 games? I feel that Bham is too close to Atlanta.

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I don't think it'll happen

Submitted by Mintz on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 5:54pm.

I don't think it'll happen either, but if they win, they have more than a decade to prepare!

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If the committee that makes

Submitted by Midnight on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 5:58pm.

If the committee that makes the decision visits each prospective city then Birmingham is done for.

There isn't even room to

Submitted by RBC3 on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 11:43am.

There isn't even room to park during a regular weekend, how could they handle an event of that magnitude?! That was a waste of money. They might as well applied to host the winter olympics!!

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I agree, they don't have a

Submitted by Slayer on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 12:05pm.

I agree, they don't have a snowball's chance in hell. I dislike Birmingham quite a bit, it feels so dirty to me.
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Surely they don't believe

Submitted by D15AV0W3D on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 12:39am.

Surely they don't believe they can actually host an Olympics. They did good just to have a few preliminary soccer games during the '96 Olympics.

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btw, they are bidding for

Submitted by Mintz on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 12:00pm.

btw, they are bidding for the Summer Olympics.

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I don't get it...

Submitted by rapture on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 12:05pm.

I don't get it...

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I just got confused there

Submitted by Mintz on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 3:24pm.

I just got confused there for a second, and thought it was a whole separate part of the Olympics. Nevermind.

Apparently a lot of cities in the U.S. are bidding for this, and it's likely it'll be given to America for this year.

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