We should host the Olympics in the same place every time

Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by bluedevil2k on Saturday August 15, 2015 @03:22PM (#10066473)

The World Cup requires a country to have 10-14 stadiums when only 2-4 games are played a day. There's no reason for more than 4 stadiums.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by allendoerfer on Saturday August 15, 2015 @03:40PM (#10066550)

For most European countries this is not a problem. Each club which plays in its countries top division already has a big enough dedicated football stadium.

It becomes a problem when you let FIFA bribe BRIC or even third world country politicians (or vice versa). Then you get stadiums located in deserts or rainforests without a club nearby that is even remotely capable of filling it on a weekly basis.

I like what the UEFA (Europe's FIFA) is doing here: Bigger countries get to host the European Championship on their own, smaller countries share it, lately Poland + Ukraine and Switzerland + Austria. From 2020 on the Cup will not take place in a single country anymore, instead cities will apply on their own, which is of course impractical for the World Cup or even continental cups on bigger continents.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by rospaya on Saturday August 15, 2015 @04:09PM (#10066651)

> For most European countries this is not a problem. Each club which plays in its countries top division already has a big enough dedicated football stadium.

Most in this case is maybe 5-6. Even in rich football countries like Germany, not every 1st tier club has a 40k+ stadium.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by allendoerfer on Saturday August 15, 2015 @04:14PM (#10066669)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_G...

Edit: Sorry, I read your comment to quickly, thought you were saying, that there are only 5-6 stadiums that big in Germany.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by taejo on Saturday August 15, 2015 @07:38PM (#10067381)

FIFA takes the bribes, it doesn't give them (well, probably that too, but they aren't begging and bribing South Africa and Qatar to take the games)

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by antaviana on Saturday August 15, 2015 @05:14PM (#10066928)

For best performance, natural grass needs to rest at least 4 or 5 days after a real game takes place. Artificial grass is not comparable, its almost a different game.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by cma on Saturday August 15, 2015 @05:37PM (#10067007)

Seems like it would be cheaper to lay down new sod between matches.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by mschuster91 on Saturday August 15, 2015 @05:52PM (#10067065)

Grass has to settle, too, or you end up with the players dismantling the place during the game.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by Tomte on Saturday August 15, 2015 @03:32PM (#10066516)

I suppose the grass may be repaired or even re-laid after the first round or something like that. Is that actually happening?

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