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Vote NO.
I wonder how many genders will be competing in womens downhill. Anyone want to bet that no true female wins a medal?
Maybe they can stay in Denver and ski down a mountain of homeless shit.
Hopefully I'll be moved out of this state by then. With all the gender bs maybe they should just have an "it" classification.
hurley842002
11-15-2018, 09:14
Hopefully I'll be moved out of this state by then. With all the gender bs maybe they should just have an "it" classification.You and me both.
I'd vote "maybe". At this point the Olympic committee's goal is for the Olympics to completely self fund without any tax revenue requirements, including surrounding infrastructure such as street improvements. If that's the case the city could end up with many improvements at nominal cost. I'd want to know more before deciding.
BladesNBarrels
11-15-2018, 10:01
We could contract the Chinese to run it.
They ended up with martial law, lots of improvements, and cleared the air for a couple of weeks.
[Sarcasm2]
UrbanWolf
11-15-2018, 10:29
Might be good to know how to vote before being told to vote no.
I'd vote "maybe". At this point the Olympic committee's goal is for the Olympics to completely self fund without any tax revenue requirements, including surrounding infrastructure such as street improvements. If that's the case the city could end up with many improvements at nominal cost. I'd want to know more before deciding.
Yeah right.
ChickNorris
11-15-2018, 11:28
Road paved with good intentions but more likely resolved with taxpayer dollars.
colorider
11-15-2018, 13:27
My plan is to be living on a small island by then. Hunting iguana with my pellet rifles. Drinking beers watching the waves roll in.
BushMasterBoy
11-15-2018, 15:02
A naked Olympics would be cool. I would go watch that. 100 metre trangender sprint should be interesting. Add the bong breath holding competition. Winner gets to be POTUS for a day, minus the nuclear consent codes of course. You folks really think you will be alive in 2030? LMAO
wctriumph
11-15-2018, 16:45
By then I may still be alive, at least I hope so but I have no idea where I will be living.
But, you just know that the corruption and graft associated with bringing the Olympics to Denver with be epic. I hope they get caught.
I'm interested in knowing more before saying No off-the-cuff... but I will admit it's been a disaster for some cities.
BladesNBarrels
11-15-2018, 17:08
Gots to plan for the future.
Selected for 2030 Olympics, and it will be here tomorrow.
Maybe hire Mitt Romney to organize it.
He did good in Utah.
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I wonder how many genders will be competing in womens downhill.
By then, it'll probably be the uphill.
... but I will admit it's been a disaster for some cities.
Pretty much all of them.
I'm interested in knowing more before saying No off-the-cuff... but I will admit it's been a disaster for some cities.
Pretty much all of them.
Yes, probably all of them. CO dodged a bullet when we said NO for the 1976 Olympics.
Peter Boyles had a guy on this morning who has studied the history. The historian was of the mind that the Athens Olymipics played a major role in driving Greece into its current economic crisis.
The Olympic Committee will say and do anything but in the end Denver would be stuck with the bill and Denver will make sure the entire state helps them pay the bill. That means that people who derived NO BENEFIT from the shitshow would have to pay for it.
Oh so just like a professional sports stadium?
Oh so just like a professional sports stadium?
Exactly.
The Pepsi Center was privately funded.
The mutherfucking broncos sucked off the public teat and now they shit all over our military.
The mutherfucking broncos sucked off the public teat and now they shit all over our military.
And they want to extend the tax to pay for maintenance.... when they 1st ran the story with cost vs number of years, I did a simple math calc. They could fund it by adding a $15.00 surcharge to each donkey ticket. Assuming 8 games per year. Could be reduced significantly if you divided it up by the total number of tickets sold at the stadium per year or added $0.25 per food and drink item. Let those who go to the circus, pay for the tent.
As for the games, why not. 3 weeks of renting my townhouse out for $5,000+ per week. Get a huge insurance policy or require them to have one. Could easily move all my valuables into a uhaul truck or storage unit. Take a 3 week vacation.
Gouge the tourists like a true capitalist.
The state can host the games while building zero infrastructure. We have plenty of ice rinks from Colorado springs to ft Collins for all the hockey, speed skating and dancing.
The western stock show complex and convention center can he transformed into dorms.
Ski resorts are already equipped to handle all skiing events.
Use the donkey stadium for opening and closing the circus.
Build temporary structures for ski jump and sledding.
What else is needed?
I would vote no! on any tax or new debt for the games. It's a billion dollar industry that can pay it's own way. Tickets and vending should be enough to pay staff, security and transportation.
No need for new debt, as this is a temporary stimulus. It wont increase future tourism to Denver or the state, we are not SLC. And we are already overwhelmed with tourism.
I have heard the expected crowd in Denver is similar in size to the stock show.
So yes, bring it.
Went to BC and spent a week in Whistler, the skiing location for the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. There were a lot of structures going completely unused, surrounded by chain link fencing.
The financial mess of the Olympic Winter Games — 'Can you feel it?' (https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/the-financial-mess-of-the-olympic-winter-games-can-you-feel-it)
Yay!!! Not us!!
https://www.9news.com/article/sports/olympics/salt-lake-city-chosen-over-denver-for-us-olympic-bid/73-5a4f8605-3920-4d01-bbe7-0310b804fd01
hurley842002
12-14-2018, 21:24
Colorado?s Governor-Elect Jared Polis, also a Democrat, has said he would not support bringing the Olympics to Colorado. In a June debate on 9NEWS,?Polis said?he didn?t think Denver should even continue pursuing a bid.
?These are like fun things for millionaires and business people but it leaves the rest of us with the debt and the price tag,? Polis said.
At least Polis got this right...
Polis gets alot more right than people want to give him credit for but his switch on gun control in the last election cycle blew it for me. Hopefully it was a convenient public stance change in exchange for votes for him and when the rubber meets the road he reverts to his post sandy hook stance of it's not guns but mental health side shows up again. Time will tell.
I'm glad it won't be Denver....but I am sad for SLC. I really like that city.
Bailey Guns
12-15-2018, 09:39
SLC...way too close for comfort. Then again I may be in an old folks home by then and it won't matter.
jamesm7485
12-15-2018, 09:49
Good, glad it isn't here. Summit county is already getting ruined by all the jack ass tourists and recent imports. Absolutely the last thing this state needs is more damn people in the high country.
UrbanWolf
12-15-2018, 11:48
SLC has already hosted a Winter Olympics in 2002.
GilpinGuy
12-15-2018, 11:59
Good, glad it isn't here. Summit county is already getting ruined by all the jack ass tourists and recent imports. Absolutely the last thing this state needs is more damn people in the high country.
Damn right.
theGinsue
12-15-2018, 13:57
Golly, I was so looking forward to the Olympics in Denver. Heaven knows we need all of the increased crime, traffic, trash and taxes it will bring.
Yeah, I was so looking forward to it in the same way I continue to look forward to how Colo Spr plans to spend our tax dollars on yet another project for the USOC - with additional budget shortfalls then telling us we don't have enough tax revenue for roads, law enforcement or fire protection. The USOC is considered "too valuable to fail" since our millions of tax dollars help to bring in those thousands of dollars of tourist dollars every year.
BushMasterBoy
12-15-2018, 14:01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iAwO7FN15E
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