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kurisupisu
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Actually, no.
Most Indians are more concerned with their next meal not paying exorbitant amounts of money to see people run around.
Dr.Cajetan Coelho
India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey - their hour is fast approaching to host the Olympians in the near future. "No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come" - Frenchman Victor Marie Hugo.
lostrune2
Huh? How can LA not stage softball locally? LA is right next to 2 big softball colleges - UCLA and USC!
theFu
Stadiums have owners. Not all owners like the IOC and can refuse. Also, contracts for stadium uses are set years in advance. Breaking those contracts usually has penalties that the IOC may have refused to pay. There may be union workers in each stadium, which could prevent volunteers from providing services. Should a stadium with multi-year service contracts risk those for 2-3 weeks of Olympics?
India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia each have issues that would require huge cultural changes necessary. Turkey is the most liberal and "westernized" option.
Istanbul probably has most of the needed infrastructure already. I haven't been there since Erdogan took over, but it was a relatively nice, safe, place ... er ... except a few friends AND their families have disappeared since Erdogan took over. They've been missing over a decade. At the time they had a 5 yr old daughter - also missing. Erdogan claimed that some 25,000+ people were part of a coup attempt. The vast majority simply disagreed on politics and did nothing related to any coup. My friends were apolitical. They never discussed politics beyond complaining about Istanbul traffic.
Anyway, countries that have political prisoners shouldn't be allowed to host the Olympics as long as even 1 political prisoner is jailed.
EvilBuddha
At the opening of India House on July 27, IOC member Nita Ambani said hosting an Olympics was “a dream that belongs to 1.4 billion Indians.”
When you are married to Asia's richest man you can make such sweeping statements.
They should fork out their own wealth for the Olympics and not expect taxpayers to pay for it. But if the Olympics does go to India, Reliance will surely get all the lucrative contracts and taxpayers will get a dose of propaganda from Modi who is in Ambani's pocket.
deanzaZZR
China hosted the Asian Games recently in lovely Hangzhou home of famous West Lake and a short high speed rail ride from Shanghai. It will be a great choice.
Japantime
It seems all these countries have a lot of obstacles from not having money to not liking other countries. I think the Games should only be held in Western Europe or America as it is safe and popular for visitors.
lostrune2
It's possible that USC and UCLA (2 big local universities that have their own softball fields) can refuse, but the Olympics will be during the summer break and only for 2 weeks max
Quite sure they can spare their softball fields for a couple of weeks then