Comments by "Gabe" (@gabetalks9275) on "Across The Globe" channel.

  1. Detroit's embrace of urbanism is also contributing massively to its revival. They're tearing down one of their downtown highways and turning the land back into the mixed-use residential area that it once was. This is a trend that will more than likely continue as Detroit sees the benefits of what they destroyed back in the 50's.
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  2. Yet another example of the fact that it's not building that's the problem. It's we're building that's the problem. London and Sydney also had to build a lot, and London is still 12 years after the fact one of the most expensive Games of all-time, yet nobody complains about London's price tag because it was actually worth it.
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  3. Sarajevo's venues were destroyed during the bloodshed of the Bosnian war and genocide. Sarajevo was ground zero of the fighting, so the Olympic venues unfortunately became casualties of the war. Also, Munich would be a great Summer Games host because they wouldn't have to build anything. They still have all of their 1972 venues in use, which is a huge win and advantage for them.
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  4. That's not necessary. Most Olympic cities keep most or all of their venues. The only cities that didn't are Rio and Athens. Even Sochi managed to revive their Olympic Park after reviving it. The key to fixing the Olympics is actually very simple. 1. Use university campuses instead of building Olympic villages from scratch. Salt Lake used the University of Utah, Atlanta used Georgia Tech, and LA is using USLA and USC. 2. Use temporary venues and public venues. The mistake that Rio and Athens made was that they built literally all of their venues as permanent venues. A consistent pattern with every successful Olympic host city is that they all use a lot of temporary venues instead of permanent ones. 3. Extend the duration of the Olympics. You won't need to build as many venues if the Olympics were longer. With so many sports in the Games nowadays, constricting to only 14-16 days is stupid. Spread it out so that you can refuse the same venues over the course of the whole month. 3. Have a post-Games plan. London tore down three temporary venues in the Olympic Park and replaced them with parks, housing, and schools, and now the neighborhood is thriving.
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  5. I'd be shocked if Lake Placid actually wins that big when Austria and Switzerland are much closer options. It would suck to go all the way across the world to see the Olympics and with one of the flagship events on the other side of the world.
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  6.  @ericdew2021  This isn't true. Most Olympic cities have successfully preserved their infrastructure. While most go over budget, the long-term benefits and profits that come from saving the infrastructure make up for it in the long-term. Salt Lake, Sydney, Barcelona, Vancouver, London, Albertville, Lillehammer, and Nagano are all perfect examples of this. Looking at just the price isn't the end of the story like most media outlets say it is. The long-term price is far more important, which isn't nearly as negative, so the media ignores that part. The reporting on the Olympics has been incredibly dishonest.
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  7.  @OscarOSullivan  That would be inhumane for obvious reasons. The Olympics are a sporting event. Not a homeless shelter.
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  8. "Never been a financial success is complete misinformation." Salt Lake, LA, and Calgary were all financial successes. And the long-term benefits that the cities that kept their venues (Salt Lake, LA, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Sydney, Nagano, Lillehammer, Albertville, Barcelona, Munich, Atlanta, Innsbruck, Lake Placid) makes up for the debt because the venues actually remain in use. Even Torino kept all of its venues except for the bobsled track. And if Tokyo didn't get screwed over by COVID, their Games would've also been reversed as a success.
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  9. This is total misinformation. There are several more host cities that still use all of their venues. Nagano, Calgary, Innsbruck, Lillehammer, Lake Placid, and Albertville all being the most recent examples.
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  10. Building and spending isn't the problem. It's how cities are building and spending that's the problem. London 2012 is the 3rd most expensive Olympics of all-time. It cost $15B after going 76% over budget, which was significantly more expensive than even Rio, yet nobody complains about that because the money was well spent thanks to London actually having a smart post-Games plan. And that's a pattern among every city that hosts a successful Games. The IOC should also be forced to contribute to the money and labor. It's ridiculous that the host cities and their workers should be paying all the bills and doing all the work building for their own event just for all the billionaires in Lausanne swoop and steal all of the profits that they deserve. Sounds like white collar slavery to me.
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  11. Establishing permanent hosts undermines the global nature of the Games. The whole point of the Olympics is to celebrate the nations and cultures of the world, so giving one or two lucky countries all the spotlight permanently would be unfair to the rest of the world. What should do instead is force the IOC to help and pay and build for their own event. Currently, the host cities pay all the bills and does all the building only for the IOC to steal all the profits. Establishing permanent host cities would just punish the host cities for the IOC's blunders. There are far more cities capable of hosting the games right now than most realize. Instead of overbuilding, use college dorms and temporary venues. Very simple fix.
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  12. Sarajevo was ground zero for the Bosnian War, so the venues inevitably became casualties of the bloodshed. The bobsled track was actually used to score weapons and bury fallen soldiers. There's also a bunch of mines still planted all over it. As a result, the bobsled track has become a sacred burial site that's not to be touched.
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  13. I think you're undervaluing how special and important an international celebration of culture and diversity really is. In this day and age, we desperately need something like that to keep going strong.
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  14.  @yossiallen3316  The facilities were not neglected. They were destroyed in the Bosnian War. Sarajevo was ground zero of the fighting.
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  15. Melbourne 1956 and Sydney 2000 were both incredibly successful, so Brisbane's shouldn't be any different.
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