http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/NewsBlog/archives/2013/02/20/rochesters-olympic-surprise Comments On: Rochester's Olympic surprise by Jeremy Moule en-us Copyright 2013 City Newspaper. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, City Newspaper readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact City Newspaper. mdeturck@rochester-citynews.com (City Newspaper Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by MJN]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:06:05 -0500 City Newspaper Posted by MJN]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:00:31 -0500 City Newspaper Posted by clint]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:23:41 -0500 City Newspaper
1) 45,000 hotel rooms
2) an Olympic Village that houses 16,500
3) a 5,000 seat dining hall
4) media facilities for 15,000 reporters
5) an international airport
6) public transportation between the venues

While we mght be able to lie about Item #5 and claim that the Monroe County Aiport, I mean the "Rochester International Airport" actually IS an international airport (hey, you can ocassionally fly to/from Canada) I think we might have a small problem getting past those other 5 conditions, studies or no studies.
Posted by Ben Lewis]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:00:33 -0500 City Newspaper Posted by Hahvahd St]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:11:12 -0500 City Newspaper
And study time does in fact cost money.
Posted by MJN]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:59:38 -0500 City Newspaper
The proposal should have been regional as is the case with most Olympics. Combine the resources of Syracuse (Carrier Dome), Buffalo (stadiums) , college campus hotel rooms, Onondaga Lake for rowing events (they hosted the national rowing regatta for years), etc.

Study time does not cost money...hip shooting does!
Posted by clint]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:30:13 -0500 City Newspaper
Out of curiosity, how do those civic boosters who are wasting their time giving this laughable idea even a moment's serious consideration think we were going to accommodate the Olympics?

Would we use the Erie Canal as the pool for water events?
Posted by MJN]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:39:06 -0500 City Newspaper
What should have happened was this...Mayor Richards should have called a press conference to say "He was thrilled for your city being considered!" and taken the opportunity to empanel a "blue ribbon" group of community leaders to review the viability of the opportunity.
Posted by clint]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:56:46 -0500 City Newspaper