The Olympics

[Randall]

Still nothing on the news here

[Wolflanternbumbag]

Still nothing on the news here

It’s getting the crowds in that’s difficult. What did cricket have in Australia 50 per cent attendance?

[Jimmi]

Still nothing on the news here

It’s getting the crowds in that’s difficult. What did cricket have in Australia 50 per cent attendance?

Will Mario and Sonic be there?

[Wolflanternbumbag]

Still nothing on the news here

It’s getting the crowds in that’s difficult. What did cricket have in Australia 50 per cent attendance?

Will Mario and Sonic be there?

They’ve already staged there’s

[Captain Hobo]

Still nothing on the news here

A few places called it earlier but the IOC have denied it.

[Randall]

Even behind closed doors they would do something surely
To go 8 years with no Olympics
With all the funding that's thrown at it

[Captain Hobo]

Even behind closed doors they would do something surely
To go 8 years with no Olympics
With all the funding that's thrown at it

Would have to be scaled back massively though. With no ticket revenue and no tourists, it will cost a fortune.

[Randall]

Even behind closed doors they would do something surely
To go 8 years with no Olympics
With all the funding that's thrown at it

Would have to be scaled back massively though. With no ticket revenue and no tourists, it will cost a fortune.

Nike, coke etc would still chuck huge piles of cash at it.

[tungsten tossers]

Even behind closed doors they would do something surely
To go 8 years with no Olympics
With all the funding that's thrown at it

Would have to be scaled back massively though. With no ticket revenue and no tourists, it will cost a fortune.

Nike, coke etc would still chuck huge piles of cash at it.

This from the Times yesterday

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/japa ... -lf868xfnd

[Captain Hobo]

Even behind closed doors they would do something surely
To go 8 years with no Olympics
With all the funding that's thrown at it

Would have to be scaled back massively though. With no ticket revenue and no tourists, it will cost a fortune.

Nike, coke etc would still chuck huge piles of cash at it.

Rio lost $2 billion. If you run a full scale Olympics with Testing, Quarantine and Limited or no ticket sales, it will send Japan broke.

[Randall]

Even behind closed doors they would do something surely
To go 8 years with no Olympics
With all the funding that's thrown at it

Would have to be scaled back massively though. With no ticket revenue and no tourists, it will cost a fortune.

Nike, coke etc would still chuck huge piles of cash at it.

This from the Times yesterday

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/japa ... -lf868xfnd

Damn

[Randall]

Even behind closed doors they would do something surely
To go 8 years with no Olympics
With all the funding that's thrown at it

Would have to be scaled back massively though. With no ticket revenue and no tourists, it will cost a fortune.

Nike, coke etc would still chuck huge piles of cash at it.

Rio lost $2 billion. If you run a full scale Olympics with Testing, Quarantine and Limited or no ticket sales, it will send Japan broke.

To the outside world it's just a festival of sport
I'd honestly never even considered the finances
Has it always been in profit before?

[tungsten tossers]

Even behind closed doors they would do something surely
To go 8 years with no Olympics
With all the funding that's thrown at it

Would have to be scaled back massively though. With no ticket revenue and no tourists, it will cost a fortune.

Nike, coke etc would still chuck huge piles of cash at it.

Rio lost $2 billion. If you run a full scale Olympics with Testing, Quarantine and Limited or no ticket sales, it will send Japan broke.

To the outside world it's just a festival of sport
I'd honestly never even considered the finances
Has it always been in profit before?

https://fortune.com/2016/08/10/olympics ... disasters/

[Captain Hobo]

Even behind closed doors they would do something surely
To go 8 years with no Olympics
With all the funding that's thrown at it

Would have to be scaled back massively though. With no ticket revenue and no tourists, it will cost a fortune.

Nike, coke etc would still chuck huge piles of cash at it.

Rio lost $2 billion. If you run a full scale Olympics with Testing, Quarantine and Limited or no ticket sales, it will send Japan broke.

To the outside world it's just a festival of sport
I'd honestly never even considered the finances
Has it always been in profit before?

It varies of course, London apparently broke even. Sydney and Athens made big losses. It also depends how much you need to build and what it can be used for after the Games.

But the cost has risen massively in recent times and the TV revenue comparatively has not kept up.

I know when they announced 2024 in Paris and 2028 in LA, that was because they were literally the only 2 cities that bid. There are not many other places in the world that could consider hosting one these days. Boston considered a bid for 2024 and this tweet pretty much sums up the reaction.

[Randall]

I'd never given it any thought but with all the commercial activity I'm surprised

[TheMalteseDart]

Gotta feel for the athletes the most through all of this, many train their whole lives to peak for 1 or maybe 2 olympics, to miss out on one would be heartbreaking. It's the only time i'd happily sit and watch something like handball if it was on, good to see other sports and gives people a chance to make a name for themselves on the world stage

Fear the worst for it going ahead though

[Randall]

I'm the same
Every 4 years I suddenly find swimming and gymnastics interesting
Not cycling though

[tungsten tossers]

I'm the same
Every 4 years I suddenly find swimming and gymnastics interesting
Not cycling though

I enjoy the cycling...love the badminton and table tennis and even like the curling

[Randall]

I enjoy the archery!
Literally never watch the winter Olympics though
Are they still on in 2022 ?

[The Ginge Reaper]

I enjoy the archery!
Literally never watch the winter Olympics though
Are they still on in 2022 ?

Yes.