Detroit in the running o host X-Games

[brizee]

This would be a great get.

And it was sponsored by a 27 and 26 year old.

Think of what could start happening around here is TPTB actually made this an attractive place for more young people to live[[I feel weird saying that being the same age as one of them).

[brizee]

Keep it up.

That lack of ambition and vision Bing showed when declining the 2024 Olympics is symbolic of his entire impotent limpdick term.

[Shollin]

Keep it up.

That lack of ambition and vision Bing showed when declining the 2024 Olympics is symbolic of his entire impotent limpdick term.

Is this serious? Where in Christ sakes was Detroit going to get the billions of dollars to even just bid on the olympics?

[Zug]

Is this serious? Where in Christ sakes was Detroit going to get the billions of dollars to even just bid on the olympics?

I was just about to say that Detroit didn't have the money to bid. If the X-games costs 7 million to place a bid [[according to the article), imagine the price for the Olympics...

I really do hope Detroit gets the X-games. It's a nice first step to get a multi-day event. If successful, then perhaps that could show we could actually handle more.

[brizee]

From what I understand most Olympic money comes from supporting organizations like nonprofits and developemntal partners.

If that's incorrect, well I've been wrong before.

[Honky Tonk]

From what I understand most Olympic money comes from supporting organizations like nonprofits and developemntal partners.

If that's incorrect, well I've been wrong before.

I think you're partly correct. I looks like corporate sponsorship is involved as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...mpic_Committee

[Shollin]

What bankrupt city that can't afford streetlights has hosted an Olympics?

[Honky Tonk]

What bankrupt city that can't afford streetlights has hosted an Olympics?

SOMEBODY's got to be the first.

[dtowncitylover]

I think it was the way he said no. I for one would have said, "No, but we are going to restructure the city, implement growth policies, and work together to create a city that one day could be able to host the Olympics, Summer or Winter. Instead Bing said, "No, we're too broke thank you."

[Shollin]

I think it was the way he said no. I for one would have said, "No, but we are going to restructure the city, implement growth policies, and work together to create a city that one day could be able to host the Olympics, Summer or Winter. Instead Bing said, "No, we're too broke thank you."

Because that really makes a difference. At least Bing is honest and isn't as delusional as some people on here.

[dtowncitylover]

Because that really makes a difference. At least Bing is honest and isn't as delusional as some people on here.

Sure it does. It shows how inept of a leader he is and his lack of vision. Detroit is not prepared to host the Olympics not by a far-stretch of any imagination, but it would be nice to have a someone who sees something in nothing and actually lead. Words mean something [[language), and using them right sends a message [[communication). The message he sent was that "Detroit will never host an Olympics." The message he should have sent was, "Detroit can't host the Olympics right due to technical difficulties, but if you excuse our dust we might just be ready later."

Frankly I don't want Detroit to host the Olympics [[it would be cooler for Up North to hose the Winter Games), I just want us to be a vibrant, liveable city that could host the Games but doesn't need to.

[Shollin]

So you want Bing to give you a bunch of fluff? People will bitch about anything I guess.

[iheartthed]

What bankrupt city that can't afford streetlights has hosted an Olympics?

...but I thought Detroit meant Metro Detroit? Metro Detroit's not bankrupt, is it...?

[Richard]

I think it was the way he said no. I for one would have said, "No, but we are going to restructure the city, implement growth policies, and work together to create a city that one day could be able to host the Olympics, Summer or Winter. Instead Bing said, "No, we're too broke thank you."

I agree on this.

It is the job of the mayor to instill a positive picture about the city his or her face is attached to and to install confindence of a city moving forward instead of trying to fit the city into a thimble to covor costs.

I am sure the residents are well aware of the ills but most realize if you hang around negative people you get negative results,it would not hurt the mayor to at least once a month have a Detroit positive moment.

[Shollin]

...but I thought Detroit meant Metro Detroit? Metro Detroit's not bankrupt, is it...?

If Warren bid for the olympics people here would bitch.

I don't know why this is so hard for some people to understand. Detroit is about the worst major city in the US and Canada. Maybe we should elect a cheerleader as mayor to tell us everything will be fine and promise a grand future. Maybe Tony Robbins is looking to go into politics.

[Honky Tonk]

I agree on this.

It is the job of the mayor to instill a positive picture about the city his or her face is attached to and to install confindence of a city moving forward instead of trying to fit the city into a thimble to covor costs.

I am sure the residents are well aware of the ills but most realize if you hang around negative people you get negative results,it would not hurt the mayor to at least once a month have a Detroit positive moment.

C'mon Detroit! Turn that frown upside down! When life gives you lemons, make LEMONADE! Personally I find honesty some what refreshing after listening to PR BS for most of my living here. I'm A Believer!

[dtowncitylover]

If Warren bid for the olympics people here would bitch.

I don't know why this is so hard for some people to understand. Detroit is about the worst major city in the US and Canada. Maybe we should elect a cheerleader as mayor to tell us everything will be fine and promise a grand future. Maybe Tony Robbins is looking to go into politics.

You cannot say with definitiveness that Detroit is the "worst" major city in the US and Canada. But, Detroit is the most dysfunctional city in the US and Canada. Our sport teams, the museums and cultural institutions, the architecture of its skyscrapers and housing stock, its non-dramatic weather, inexpensiveness, and its history make Detroit one of the best cities in the US and Canada. It's abandonment, lack of transit options, urban blight, crime, racism, and anti-regionalism make it one of the most pathetic excuses for a city/metro area. Those things however can be rectified and healed. To call it the "worst" though, is a misnomer.

I accept Detroit's failures for what they are, but they don't define my love for the city. You see Detroit like most suburbanites, crime, blight, and poverty PERIOD. But there is more to that. There is crime, there is blight, and there is poverty. However people live there who don't engage in crime, who don't add to the blight [[rather they fight it), and who work a liveable job/career and that's the part of Detroit is rarely shown. I want a pragmatic leader who says, "Look, these problems exists but there are things we can do rectify the situation."

I don't get some people who want to see Detroit die. What do they expect? A great migration of people who live there now into the suburbs and build a gate around the city and close it off like it's Chernobyl? People live there. We need to restructure the city so that it can be liveable and manageable again. It's not like the cartographers are waiting to scrub "DETROIT" off their maps. It's not going anywhere, stop acting like there's a plan to rid it.

[brizee]

I agree on this.

It is the job of the mayor to instill a positive picture about the city his or her face is attached to and to install confindence of a city moving forward instead of trying to fit the city into a thimble to covor costs.

I am sure the residents are well aware of the ills but most realize if you hang around negative people you get negative results,it would not hurt the mayor to at least once a month have a Detroit positive moment.

Negativity is infectious, but it seems this city thrives on it.

Original posting sat months with no response.

A reply with a throwaway comparison to the olympics gets the blood flowing.

[Zug]

I honestly don't remember seeing anything regarding Bing turning down the opportunity to bid for the Olympics. So I can't give a real opinion on what he said or how he said it.

That said, I do think it is counterproductive to be too negative. But considering nearly three dozen cities were invited to bid, I don't think it's a big deal. Most of the cities probably declined. New York could not be selected as the US representative in the last bidding process, so I think Detroit will have some problems geting serious consideration anyway. The only way we'd get serious consideration is with some serious financial backing [[looks at Dan Gilbert), but I don't see that happening for a while. But, anyway...I'm sure Detroit will be part of a final 35 to bid in 2028 if the US is eligible to host it, lol.

[Shollin]

I don't get some people who want to see Detroit die. What do they expect? A great migration of people who live there now into the suburbs and build a gate around the city and close it off like it's Chernobyl? People live there. We need to restructure the city so that it can be liveable and manageable again. It's not like the cartographers are waiting to scrub "DETROIT" off their maps. It's not going anywhere, stop acting like there's a plan to rid it.

I don't get why some people want to step out of reality. We've been hearing this revival story since the 70's. It started with the RenCen, then Joe Louis, the People Mover, Comerica Tower, Casinos, Stadiums etc and the city is worse off 40 years later. Quit telling us about Detroit's revival. We've heard it over and over and over.

[Shollin]

Negativity is infectious, but it seems this city thrives on it.

Original posting sat months with no response.

A reply with a throwaway comparison to the olympics gets the blood flowing.

Nobody cares about the X games and your comment about the Olympics was not only ignorant, but negative as well.

[downtownguy]

Nobody cares about the X games and your comment about the Olympics was not only ignorant, but negative as well.

You're a Dale Carnegie graduate, aren't you?

[Shollin]

You're a Dale Carnegie graduate, aren't you?

I live in reality and not Sim City Detroit.

[downtownguy]

I live in reality and not Sim City Detroit.

That wasn't my point, but you go on anyway.

[Shollin]

Well I really don't know who Dale Carnegie is nor care. Is he related to Andrew?