London wins 2012 Olympics

[HiCat]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/06/singapore.olympics/index.html

London wins 2012 Olympics
July 6, 2005

LONDON, England (CNN) -- London has defeated European rival Paris to host the 2012 Summer Games, bringing the Olympics back to Britain for the first time in more than half a century.



http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/olympics/07/06/2012.oly.ap/index.html

[bhanson]

That means the US in 2016! NY may drop out, so hopefully LA will get the US bid.

[UofAcat23]

hmm, after seeing claudia's pics, I'm seriously considering going to the Olympics in London (assuming I don't study abroad there). I've always wanted to go to the Olympics, and I've always wanted to visit london, so it's a good combination.

[TopCat]

That means the US in 2016! NY may drop out, so hopefully LA will get the US bid.
I for one hope the US doesn't get the Olympics again for a couple of decades. We turn it into a profit oriented commercial situation. It's embarassing.

Sydney and Athens were so much better than Atlanta. Let countries that will kill themselves for the games get them, rather than the Chrysler/Intel/McDonalds/Nike Olympic Games sponsored by Microsoft...