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Yup that was definitely one of the highlights of the Olympics so far.  Snowboard cross is really fun to watch, too.

That has become my favorite winter aport

I don't really care whether or not they lose money.


Anyway, it was very cool seeing Erin Jackson win the 500M speed skating gold medal.  

And watching the US women's hockey team handle Finland and secure their place in the gold medal match against Canada.

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Not of interest to me as an investment.

So anyway, about the Olympics...

We've already discussed at length that it would make the most sense to limit the Olympics to a handful of host cities and just rotate it among them.  Stick to the ones that are large enough and with available infrastructure to limit the cost of building for them, and prevent the decay of later disuse.  Los Angeles, for example, could immediately host a summer games without incurring much if any cost of building.  A handful of other cities meet those criteria.

Previously the graft and corruption of the IOC prevented this-- they received a lot of money and perks from competing cities-- and so it was in their best interest to insist upon competition and constantly spread it around.  But now they're having trouble finding cities to bid at all, and that particular gravy train is coming to an end.

I'm certain the IOC will find new ways to slime its way into some unearned cash, but if it means we can end this constant cycle of spend/build/decay then it's a net positive.

We've already discussed at length that it would make the most sense to limit the Olympics to a handful of host cities and just rotate it among them.  Stick to the ones that are large enough and with available infrastructure to limit the cost of building for them, and prevent the decay of later disuse.  Los Angeles, for example, could immediately host a summer games without incurring much if any cost of building.  A handful of other cities meet those criteria.

Previously the graft and corruption of the IOC prevented this-- they received a lot of money and perks from competing cities-- and so it was in their best interest to insist upon competition and constantly spread it around.  But now they're having trouble finding cities to bid at all, and that particular gravy train is coming to an end.

I'm certain the IOC will find new ways to slime its way into some unearned cash, but if it means we can end this constant cycle of spend/build/decay then it's a net positive.

With the Winter Games, there is already a limitation: those places with A) enough vertical relief for downhill skiing, B) a sliding track, and C) enough political chutzpah to pull it off. The IOC is finding out the hard way that C is sorely lacking nowadays. The 2030 and 34 Winter Olympics will be some combo of Vancouver and Salt Lake, most likely in that order.

For summer I think there are several US cities that could probably do it as a regular thing.  Los Angeles is obvious.   If Atlanta has maintained all of the facilities from years past then they'd be a decent choice.  Dallas-Fort Worth could do it with minimal additional build-out required.