No 2020 Olympic Bid For US

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

The U.S. Olympic Committee has notified all interested cities that it will not submit a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Chicago, New York and Dallas were among those that had expressed interest in putting forth a bid to host the games, but any bid was contingent upon the USOC working out a long-simmering revenue-sharing deal with the International Olympic Committee.

USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said Monday on Twitter that "I can confirm the US will not be bidding for the 2020 Olympic Games." He told The Associated Press the cities that had expressed interest were notified over the weekend that no bid would happen.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_USOC_NO_2020_BID?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-22-12-40-12

[PoliticAverse]

1. Good to see some unfortunate city won't plunge deeper into debt. n/t

[dtexdem]

2. I guess there just wasn't the vision to try for 2020.

So no U.S. site in sight.

[JohnnyLib2]

3. Lots of symbolism in this step.....

mostly negative. I suspect we'll hear a lot more along those lines.

As a fan, it's a bummer. :-(

[bongbong]

4. Sign o' the times

By 2020, America will resemble a "Shining Slum On A Hill", to use raygun's (intended) words.

[Gregorian]

5. One huge carbon footprint we don't need.

My apologies to all of those who think the world needs the olympics.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. The Olympics: an economic/social justice booby prize

to the country that hosts them.

In the words of sports columnist Dave Zirin, the Olympics are about "gold, guns and graft"

:evilfrown:

[hughee99]

7. Can no US city come up with enough bribe money for this?

It is a sign of our tough economic times, I guess.