Dear Calgary: Legacy or Reduced Risk, How To Navigate Your 2026 Olympic Bid Plebiscite
Following is an open letter to residents of Calgary, and those citizens in other cities who are contemplating Olympic bids. Dear Calgary, I heard that …
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BidWeek: As 2026 Olympic Bid Race Begins To Collapse, IOC Must Stop Talking And Do Something
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – Is the International Olympic Committee (IOC) content to host the 2026 edition of its Winter Olympics in …
BidWeek: Of Peace, Dennis Rodman, Table Tennis and the Nobel Prize – Were the Olympics a Factor?
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – After news last week that at an historic summit North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his counterpart in the …
BidWeek: Why Is It Wrong For Mayor Nenshi To Champion The Calgary 2026 Olympic Bid?
BidWeek, Reporting from Toronto, Canada – The decision by Calgary’s City Council to continue exploring the prospect of bidding for the Olympic …
BidWeek: With Calgary’s 2026 Olympic Bid On Verge of Collapse, IOC Must Take Note
BidWeek, Reporting from Toronto, Canada – I spent much of Tuesday watching a live stream of the Calgary City Council Priorities and Finance Committee …
BidWeek: Motley Field Of 2026 Olympic Bidders Could Result In Repeat Of 2022 Race
Bidweek, Reporting from Toronto, Canada – On Tuesday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released its final list of cities interested in hosting …
BidWeek: United States Makes Move Toward Its Olympic Manifest Destiny
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – Earlier this month the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) declared its early interest in bidding to host …
BidWeek: What Preemptive U.S. Bid For The 2030 Winter Olympics Means For Calgary 2026, and Others
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – In an unprecedented move last week, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) officially declared its …
BidWeek: Why Even Bother With Denver 2030 Olympic Bid Opposition?
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – I opened an email last week and discovered for the first time that a new NOlympics opposition group has …
After PyeongChang: What To Expect At the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games
PyeongChang, South Korea – Memories of the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games are still fresh in our minds – the gusting event-cancelling winds are …