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Could any SEC city host the Olympic Games?

Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:47 pm
Posted by Lordofwrath88
Tuscaloosa
Member since Oct 2012
7091 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:47 pm
I'm bored so here's another offseason thread! (Disregard whether or not the city could actually WIN the bid)

Well, for starters, most of the power schools already boast 80,000+ seat stadiums and multiple athletic facilities, not to mention the college dorms being instant villages for the athletes and most of the cities are set up to host a plethora of travelers in the fall.

GODDAM I'M BORED! need....football...ugh



*side note. I understand UGA hosted some events during the Atlanta games in 96. So there's that. (for the above question I don't mean helping out, I mean hosting the whole show and having the city name on the games).
This post was edited on 5/14/13 at 5:52 pm
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
77326 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:48 pm to
Nashville would be the most likely.

If you count Houston as an SEC town I guess it could too.
Posted by Mizzeaux
Worshington
Member since Jun 2012
13908 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:48 pm to
Starkville would probably have a shot.
Posted by UMTigerRebel
Member since Feb 2013
9819 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:49 pm to
I think Nashville may be putting their name in the hat for one.
Posted by USMC Gators
Member since Oct 2011
14633 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:50 pm to
Already happened.
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Jan 2012
46148 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:52 pm to
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Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
63446 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:53 pm to
City that a school is actually located in? No, Nashville would be the only one that's close.

If you consider Atlanta, Houston, Dallas SEC cities then one has and 2 others could or have come close to hosting
Posted by Mizzeaux
Worshington
Member since Jun 2012
13908 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:55 pm to
As a representative for one of the two SEC states that have ever hosted the Olympics and a member of the mighty Mizzou nation...

I hereby declare that Columbia, Missouri will be bidding for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Posted by Crompdaddy8
Jimmy Rustler
Member since Nov 2009
10569 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:55 pm to
Nashville? NWIH
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22886 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:57 pm to
Only Nashville, possibly Knoxville. There aren't enough hotel rooms in any other cities
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
38641 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:58 pm to
Starkville but give us a couple of years to add a few hotel rooms.
Posted by Latarian
Thug POS
Member since Jul 2010
27626 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 6:00 pm to
TRACK IN FAYETTEVILLE OF COURSE
Posted by 20ozBulldog
Member since Sep 2012
1857 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 6:03 pm to
This post was edited on 5/14/13 at 6:04 pm
Posted by bamaoldtimer
Member since Dec 2009
1774 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 6:09 pm to
Yeah, if they were 5 degrees more north latitude.
Posted by George Blanda
Lexington
Member since Mar 2011
511 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 6:17 pm to
Yes, and it actually happens every year. That little town in Georgia hosts the "Redneck Olympics."
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
62300 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 6:25 pm to
Lexington has hosted the WEG which is the off year Olympics



Atlanta has already actually hosted the Summer Olympics so are you not old enough to remember this?




If it was the drinking olympics I am pretty sure most any SEC school could be a host site
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
4685 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 6:27 pm to
The London games cost 14 billion. Nashville doesn't have that kind of money. You people are retarded.
Posted by CatFan81
Decatur, GA
Member since May 2009
47188 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 6:28 pm to
quote:

possibly Knoxville


Lexington is bigger than Knoxville, and there is no way in hell that Lexington could host the Olympics.
Posted by bamanmemphis
Member since Sep 2009
648 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 6:33 pm to
Fayetteville if it was in the sec
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
63446 posts
Posted on 5/14/13 at 6:34 pm to
quote:

The London games cost 14 billion. Nashville doesn't have that kind of money. You people are retarded.


I don't think anyone here is saying Nashville could. Just that's its the only SEC city that even be in the realm of possibility. It obviously would never win a bid
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