OH, NO, YOU DON'T! History has clearly proven that host cities for Olympics lose out big time with all the concessions and costs. Neither Denver nor Colorado needs this. And I'm in the building and real estate development biz. Imagine that.Adds Peter:
This would be almost as bad as an Amazon headquarters.Says Josh:
More construction, crowds, and traffic in Colorado? Please, no.Adds Tyrone:
I hope we will not be wasting massive sums of money and resources to bribe the massively corrupt IOC to bring an event here which will leave empty and useless buildings in its wake.Suggests Melissa:
Hmm, think we need snow before we can host the Winter Olympics, don't you?Comments Justin:
Reject reject reject. Look at the mess Atlanta was left in. We don’t have the population of L.A. to make the cost we put into it worth it after the two weeks are up.Says Zack:
You know what Denver should be exploring? Affordable housing for the people who live here. Not forcing us to build yet another stadium, while Agent Orange is already raising our taxes to begin with.Concludes Rhonda:
We were right the first time. So no thank you again.Keep reading for some of our Olympics coverage.
"Denver Exploring Bid for Winter Olympics, Paralympic Winter Games"
"How a Citizen Revolt Snuffed the 1976 Winter Olympics"
"No Olympics 2022 for Denver (or Any American City), but Hope for 2026"
In 1972, Coloradans became the first state to reject the Olympics, a move that sent legislator Dick Lamm on his way to the Governor's Mansion, and forever (we hope) cementing the reputation of this state as a haven for independent-minded thinkers.
Judging from the quick responses to the news of yet another exploratory committee being formed to investigate the possibility of luring the Olympics here, Coloradans are still a bunch of independent-minded thinkers.
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