Be there alongside your Hartford Whalers as they chase hockey immortality. Go to StubHub, where you'll find a fantastic selection of tickets to every playoff game – so you experience the championship chase live and in person. Check it out. Go to StubHub and get the seats you want today. #stubhub
I wanted this for my friends in the trades. They needed the work. In a big way. I have firends who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in the last few months and could have used the work to keep their companies afloat.
@J-No: Same here. I'm a sport management major at Loyola Chicago and I was banking on us getting the games big time for a job. Oh well. I was there this morning. Never in my life have I experienced something so depressing. Everyone there was sure we would get the games nobody expected it to be over just like that. 3 years in the making and it was taken away so quickly. It really sucks.
Do you really want the Olympics in your town? Are they really that important any more?
They're never underbudget. Or even on budget. The disruption to the everyday flow of the host city is massive. And, even afterward, you're saddled with maintaining the infrastructure you've built to accommodate a large, one time event.
Is Chicago any worse off for losing in 2016 than Toronto in losing 1996? Is Salt Lake City any better off for hosting in 2002?
Is it finally reasonable to ask in a loud voice whether professional sports or hosted large scale events like this are worth the cost anymore?
@cromartie: Athens was able to put through a whole bunch of infrastructure improvements that the city needed for years. And I'm sure a lot of Chinese were satisfied hosting the games as well. Pride counts for a lot.
@ScientificMapp: Miss, I think I'll have the Italian Cheese Blend, while the lady would like Chipotle Cheddar. We'll also need glasses for our Bud Lights. Do we look like savages to you?
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Be there alongside your Hartford Whalers as they chase hockey immortality. Go to StubHub, where you'll find a fantastic selection of tickets to every playoff game – so you experience the championship chase live and in person. Check it out. Go to StubHub and get the seats you want today. #stubhub
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Who the hell is Bobby Big Wheel and why should I care?
Oh, it's you...well, um, congratulations! #stubhub
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They're never underbudget. Or even on budget. The disruption to the everyday flow of the host city is massive. And, even afterward, you're saddled with maintaining the infrastructure you've built to accommodate a large, one time event.
Is Chicago any worse off for losing in 2016 than Toronto in losing 1996? Is Salt Lake City any better off for hosting in 2002?
Is it finally reasonable to ask in a loud voice whether professional sports or hosted large scale events like this are worth the cost anymore?
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Or, perhaps, a city that references a fucking "Billy Goat Curse" whenever something doesn't go their way just doesn't deserve the Olympics.
Just sayin'...
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And this includes anything Kenny Mayne has done in the last 5 years.
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So, Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks confers on Sunday mornings?
/slaps BruschisBrewsky's butt
//"Attaboy"
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*music plays me out*
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