I remember living in Ontario back in 2000-2001, their was alot of hype about the idea that Tronto would host the 2008 Summer Olympics. I can rember seeing banners hanging ontop of the bridges along the 401 about it, and we kids talked about going to see the games when we were older. Obviously, that didn't happen, and the games went to Beijing. Which were probably the most controversial games of my lifetime (Tibet was the cheif reason IIRC), but also very memorable as well, since they launched both Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps into Sports Superstardom.
But, what if things had went a little bit differently, and Toronto had hosted the 2008 Summer Games instead? How would it play out at the municipal, provincial, national and international level? How would China react? I assume they would bid again for a future Olympics, but which year?
For starters, the obvious thing that changes is Vancouver won't host the 2010 Winter Games. That means either Salzburg, Austria or Pyeongchang, South Korea will get those games. My money would be on Pyeongchang, since they were the runner up to host the 2010 Games in OTL, and they have since won the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. How all that would effect the 2012, 2014 and 2016 Olympics, I'm not sure.
So, any thoughts?
But, what if things had went a little bit differently, and Toronto had hosted the 2008 Summer Games instead? How would it play out at the municipal, provincial, national and international level? How would China react? I assume they would bid again for a future Olympics, but which year?
For starters, the obvious thing that changes is Vancouver won't host the 2010 Winter Games. That means either Salzburg, Austria or Pyeongchang, South Korea will get those games. My money would be on Pyeongchang, since they were the runner up to host the 2010 Games in OTL, and they have since won the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. How all that would effect the 2012, 2014 and 2016 Olympics, I'm not sure.
So, any thoughts?
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