2024 Olympics in Tijuana?

[baseline bum]

http://news.yahoo.com/usoc-10-cities...152432575.html

The U.S. Olympic Committee is talking to 10 cities about a possible bid for the 2024 Summer Games, including a joint proposal from San Diego and Mexican neighbor Tijuana.

Following failed bids for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, the USOC sent out letters to 35 American cities in February to gauge interest in a potential run for 2024.

"We're in discussion with about 10 cities actively now," USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun said in an interview after speaking to the Associated Press Sports Editors in New York. "The process is really working the way it was supposed to."

Los Angeles and Philadelphia have publicly announced their interest, and Blackmun said San Diego and Tijuana have approached the USOC about a joint bid.

Blackmun declined to identify the other cities being considered as potential candidates, saying they preferred to keep it confidential for now. He said three cities have formally said they are not interested in bidding.

Blackmun said he would be surprised if any other cities came forward at this point.

"We don't want to submit a bid we don't think we can win," Blackmun told the APSE gathering.

The United States hasn't hosted a Summer Olympics since the 1996 Atlanta Games. New York mounted a failed bid for the 2012 Games, which went to London, and Chicago suffered a stinging first-round defeat in the IOC vote for the 2016 Olympics, which were awarded to Rio de Janeiro.

The USOC has since reached a revenue-sharing agreement with the IOC, ending a long-running dispute that contributed to the failed bids. With relations back on track and the USOC working to increase its international presence, the chances for a successful U.S. bid in 2024 are considered vastly improved.

"We've got plenty of time," Blackmun told the AP. "There are no specific deadlines on this process."

The USOC has said it plans to decide by the end of 2014 whether to bid. The International Olympic Committee will select the 2024 host city in 2017.

Blackmun said a joint bid can work in some geographical areas, citing the Bay Area and the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose as a "natural" possibility.

As for San Diego and Tijuana, he said, "That would have its challenges. We haven't looked at it carefully. We just learned about it."

[Avante]

First time I walked into Tijuana (stationed in San Diego, 8 of us) those cardboard houses, whoa!!!!!!!! Then to watch that Mexican girl squat down and pick that beer bottle up with her..... impressive.

Why not return to Mexico City and set records so far out they will never be broken? As we know all the sprint records went down in 1968. then there was Beamons monster jump, a guy who had never jumped 27 over 29???? The 68 Olympics the best ever. We saw so many firsts, including the Smith/Carlos black fist salute. We saw histories first legal sub10.00, when Oaklands Jimmy Hines turned the trick.

Have never had an Olympics held in the Middle East, hmmmmm?

[ChumpDumper]

Countries should start passing laws that forbid cities' bidding for Olympic games.

[monosylab1k]

Then to watch that Mexican girl squat down and pick that beer bottle up with her.....

....hand?

[Woo Bum-kon]

Bidding to see which city can waste millions of dollars and get nothing in return.

[Latarian Milton]

si chinos podrian hacer olympics, mexico puede hacerlo tambien en mi opinion. 2024 no estara peor que 08 beijing

[Avante]

....hand?

Nope.

But it was when see squated down and picked up a lit cigarette off a beer bottle that left you awe inspired. Then handed it back to the sailor who lit the cig.

[The Reckoning]

then he died of gonorrhea

[Avante]

She was no hooker.

[The Reckoning]

probably working the donkey show

[The Reckoning]

maybe that'll be an olympic event

avante, what do you think will be the best time in that?

[Avante]

maybe that'll be an olympic event

avante, what do you think will be the best time in that?

Come on man, nobody here is 16, ok?

[The Reckoning]

funny because that's about the age i used to go down to boys town to drink before the cartel took over

[Leetonidas]

too bad the olympics suck bawls