The Olympic Committee have decided that these games will be in Paris and Los Angeles, with the order still to be decided. Looks like all other host cities pulled out due to cost.
It was great to be in London for the 2012 games and would love to be living in another city during the Olympics. Huge strain on the city/country though, with questionable long term benefits. Athens and Rio still look to be counting the costs of their games.
Anyone reckon they might get to these games or anyone been to any other Olympics other the years?
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/11/ioc-olympic-games-paris-los-angeles-2024-2028?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard 
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Paris would be tempting, accommodation at least is plentiful there or within commuting distance
Yes this would restrict it to being hosted in the so called first world, but long term it seems to screw up developing countries
In addition, the IOC should fund all teams' transport costs.
Currently looking forward to the World Athletics at the start of August.
Followed this with the European Champs in Stuttgart in '86 & then the Worlds in Rome the following year.
Had tickets for the 2012 Opening Ceremony & one evening of the Para Olympics in London but TBH it would take something very special for me to beat being in Southern California for 3 weeks & in the Coliseum to see Coe, Cram, Ovett, Daley, Spedding & the GB team as a whole.
We have tickets for London, Friday 4th August ( 10,000 men's final & 100m heats) and again for Weds 9th (200 men's semis & 5,000 heats) so should see Usain & Mo for the final time, all things being equal.
I'd totally recommend attending a major Games abroad although I'm sure that the combined cost of tickets, travel & accommodation would mean some serious saving beforehand. We booked everything all 3 years that we travelled with a company called Centresport & reaped the benefit of being with the same group of athletics fans each time, resulting in great camaraderie that lasted beyond the 80's.
Would love to go back to LA although Paris would be ideal but sadly, age will probably make both/either of these unlikely.
Light rail is now a thing in Los Angeles. It's not perfect, but it's there (admittedly haven't used it yet as haven't really been back and needed to since it was built).
I'm always torn on whether Olympics are good for a city. The IOC is better than FIFA, but that's not saying much. LA is SO spread out that logistics could be a pain. But it's a major, modern, urban city, and it could be a great reason to improve infrastructure and public transport. LA has all the venues, even if, say, the Rose Bowl and the LA Colosseum, both of which are not particularly nice venues, are about an hour+ apart by car (even at the best of times).
My daughter will be 22 - she is currently for her age one of the top Nordic Skiers in Canada - can I dare to dream that she could make it for Team Canada or (as she was born in London) Team GB !!
Barcelona seems like an example of a positive 'legacy' for both economic impact on the city (modern tourism to Barcelona really started then) and lasting facilities/infrastructure that changed the face of the city. Although Espanyol no longer play in the Olympics Stadium the opening up of the port area and modernisation of general city accessibility including the metro makes it be seen here in overall very positive terms.
Just wondering what people think the lasting impact of the London Olympics has been. Obviously West Ham ended up with the stadium but what about the other facilities? And I remember the much talked about 'legacy' of how the Olympics would inspire younger generations - has this happened?
Interested to hear people's thoughts on this.
The real big benefit from the games appears to be the Prudential Ride London / London-Surrey Classic which happens this Sunday, following on from the Cycling Road Race route, it appears as though this has turned into a yearly cycling version of the London Marathon with your everyday cyclist able to ride the route from that day whilst the other half of it (the London-Surrey Classic) is turning into a proper UCI event with a good few Pro Riders involved each year (i.e. Michael Matthews | Luke Rowe | Ben Swift are all taking part who have just completed the Tour de France)... Noticed the other day though that Surrey Council have only agreed to this up until next year at the moment so be interesting to see what happens in 2019.
All other Sports though appear to have disappeared... i.e. Nothing is done for Swimming etc. other than the pool being made for public use which I guess is a good thing because it means the Stadiums built arent going to waste.
Snags? Well it's inevitable that the Greek air traffic controllers would go on strike. And because of the normal summer heat, you wouldn't get the best performances from the athletes.
Still in saying that should 2024 go to Paris then I would be interested in going but not to see Pole Jumping:)
I think Atalanta showed how a legacy shouldn't be done with abandoned tennis facilities and other areas like hockey stadium being forgotten about. Also I believe one area changed into a car park.
The facilities (other than the main stadium itself) were well thought out, with few white elephants left behind.
The Olympics can be a great advert for a country, which wants to show the world it's "made it". Seoul and Beijing were both really impressive showcases for their cities and countries, and how far they'd come. This doesn't really apply to the likes of London (or Paris)
That boom has now ended but I would suggest that that was due to the way they did it rather than doing it. Their plans for the unsuccessful 2004 bid would have been far more sustainable, and of course being Brazil, corruption took hold of their plans and they didn't put in places structures to avoid that.
It may be a glass half full view, but for me and the bulk of my mates there, the boom period caused by hosting it justify the exercise. Sadly like all boom periods, it hasn't lasted and Rio is back to being the Rio it was before the 'Global event boost', but with some improved infrastructure, great memories and extra wealth for many people as a result of the extra construction and tourism related work which bumped up salaries. The federal and state economies are screwed, but they always were and that's a structural problem with Brazil.
More broadly if you love sport, you must do an away Olympics once in your life, it's like a music festival focused on sports, and you make a real camaraderie amongst the Brits you see. Both LA and Paris will be awesome
It looks certain to be Paris in 2024 and LA in 2028 now.
The IOC were lucky in that their only candidates were strong ones
Think he's been trying to stand for them for a few years. Might be the worst time too given the polls, Colchester isn't the safest seat.