No cost a fortune in taxes for a city I live nowhere near, I personally detest the present Olympics it has none of the spirit that was originally intended.

Wembley may just be completed by then.

---

by Maffrew
I can't say i'm terribly fussed either way, but i'm not a Londoner, nor am i fond of going there (don't get a good vibe from the city, weird, but true).

---

"He who is tired of London is tired of life, for there is in London every pleasure life can afford" Dr Johnson.

I couldn't hope to follow the politics of this, but if the Olympics work for London like they did Sydney, then I'm all for it.

Hope I'm at sea!

I can't believe anyone is seriously thinking of holding a Summer Olympics in New York City. It's so hot and humid in New York in mid-summer that the air is actually palpable--like a wall of heat that hits you when you step outside. It's sweltering. It's miserable. Plus, the city is congested and doesn't even have the facilities to host the games--unless they build some new facilities. And where they're going to get the money for that, I have no idea. Bad, bad idea. If this is about 9/11 sympathy, the Olympics organizers should get over it. I've got to believe London or Paris would be much better choices.

Sandia has a very good point about the weather and after the althletes suffer this year in Greece the organisers might just realise that this is a very important consideration with location of the games.

Having lived near Manchester when the Commonwealth Games were held there I can say that having major sporting events like that is great fun. Loads of fun stuff goes on alongside the games, the town is kept *really* clean and people have the chance to get tickets to top quality sporting events that they wouldn't normally be able to attend due to cost/travel factors.

A lot of investment will go into making London a good looking place and an easy place to get around (not that Londoners should complain - their transport networks are far better integrated than most places in the UK) and the cost of hosting the games is far outweighed by the benefits it will bring in terms of tourism, business and recruitment.

I *really* hope that the UK bid is successful though it would have been better had Mancehster been put forward as it already has experience of smoothly running a major sporting event.

---

by Sandia
Plus, the city is congested and doesn't even have the facilities to host the games--unless they build some new facilities.

---

Exactly what I thought when I read about it being held in NY.

---

by Sandia
I can't believe anyone is seriously thinking of holding a Summer Olympics in New York City. It's so hot and humid in New York in mid-summer that the air is actually palpable--like a wall of heat that hits you when you step outside. It's sweltering. It's miserable.

---

Thats also pretty much lots of capital citys London included.

Personally I would have thought Manchester would have been a better choice for England as the facilities are already in place.

---

by Phoenix - Aeon
Personally I would have thought Manchester would have been a better choice for England as the facilities are already in place.

---

Ah, yeah, never thought of that. that was where the Commenwealth Games were held wasn't it?

I don't know where i stand on the games being held in London. i won't be going to see them if they are, just watch it on tv as always, so the only advantage to it being there fo me is that i'll be in the right time-zone

Well I'm sure it'll bring a lot of revenue i.e shops, hotels, restaurants, tourists facilities etc. I'm not sure London is a good idea, I'd say London is pretty much congested a lot of the time. The tube in the summer with so many people, its disgusting . Maybe if it wasn't held in the capital (can it not be?) such as Birmingham or Manchester. And I agree on the waste of tax payers money.

The only thing that might make me think that a London Olympics is worth all the tax, congestion and upheaval is if they revert to the original (Ancient Greek) costumes for the atheletes.

---

by Nutty Bat
The only thing that might make me think that a London Olympics is worth all the tax, congestion and upheaval is if they revert to the original (Ancient Greek) costumes for the atheletes.

---

But wait, the ancient Greeks ...

Oh, right.

*snigger*