Trying to find why alaska will never get selected to host the winter olympic games?
149094
i don't know. i'd like to find out to. mybe it's TOO cold? maybe not enough people there.
135868
Never. This is a first in the Winter Olympics.
295755
New York is in the early stages for bidding for the 2016 Olympics. The thing that beat them last time was the unworkable stadium in Manhattan. Now, Queens is trying to get NYC back in the hunt. Plus, I would keep checking the US Olympic Committee Website because they nominate which city the US will put up to the Intern'l Olympic Committee,
928912
That would just never happen. Even the Tibet situation isn't enough to persuade the IOC to take the games away from China.
740629
It's within the Arctic Circle in which that happens. Part of Alaska is included in that area, but not all of it.
5873
Well, the next XX Winter Olympics  are going to be held at Torino, Italy  From the 10th to 26th February 2006\n\nThe next summer Olympic games ( XXIX) are going to be held at BEIJING, China From the 8th August to 24th August 2008\n\nAfter that, following is the sequence :\n\nVANCOUVER 2010\nXXI Olympic Winter Games\nFrom the 12th to 28th February 2010 \n\nLONDON 2012\nGames of the XXX Olympiad\nFrom the 27th July to 12th August 2012
246615
Well, there is the movement in Alaska to secede and there is an Alaskan Independence Party. I don't think they'll ever secede, though. But for those who say it would be bad for the oil situation in the US, it'd be the best thing which could happen. The people in Alaska (especially the native Americans) want to drill. Even the moose like the pipelins- it gives them a warm spot to frolic around.\n\nIt's the people in the lower 48 who don't want to drill.
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New York will probably not be considered because of the failure of it's 2012 bid.\n\nPeter Ueberroth, in evaluating the failures of New York City in its bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, especially the absence of plans for an Olympic stadium venue, proposed several requirements for new American bid cities:\n\nThe nominee must have an existing stadium or approved plans for a new stadium that would be a large enough venue for the opening ceremony, closing ceremony and track and field competition. \n\nThe nominee must have "already built or fully committed" \nto building necessary infrastructure like transportation and the like .\n\nThe nominee must have Olympic and media village venues and adequate hotel and convention space \n\nThe nominee must have the support of not only local government but also state and federal governments, as well as active private sector participation \n\nThe nominee must have a realistic chance to win against international candidates. \n\nHere's a list cities and countries that are considering a bid for the 2016 games\n\nChicago (considered the strongest of the US host city nominees)\nHouston \nLos Angeles \nPhiladelphia \nSan Francisco \nHavana (that would be interesting, would the US boycott?)\nMontréal (after all, they didn't lose enough $ in 1976)\nToronto \nArgentina \nBrazil \nChile \nKenya \nIndia \nIsrael \nJapan \nQatar \nSouth Korea \nThailand \nUnited Arab Emirates (UAE) \nAustralia \nCzech Republic \nGermany \nItaly \nNetherlands \nPortugal \nRussia \nSpain \nTurkey
490296
It is called Lake Disappointment because this is where the Austrailian government requires all Australian Olympic participants to train.  If they come home without a medal they are forced to swim across the lake with bricks on their feet.  Once they reach the other side, kangaroos with boxing gloves on await them.  At this point they are so fatigued, it's like watching American settlers conquor the Native Americans with their "Fire Sticks".  Once the kangaroos have their fill, the government cooks them a steak on the barbie, throws it in the lake, and then throws the Olympic failure in the lake.  It's really quite interesting.  I think tickets to it sell quick.
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Yes.  I have lived in Ak and the minuscule amount of land required is far outdone by the MILLIONS of acreage that would go untouched.  Does anyone realize exactly how large Alaska is?  30 acres is a pinprick on almost any map.  Think of the revenue from jobs and the boost to the Alaskan economy!  It is a beautiful and wild place, but let's be realistic... using 30 acres would in no way jeopardize the balance of wildlife.
235364
That is quite a stretch there but the way it works now is that an Olympic athlete can be replaced by another top finisher from the same nation. But if there were no available candidates then the specific sport would be listed as having no winners.
95532
That's not the sort of information that is usually available at a snap. The only thing I can suggest is that you contact people living in past Winter Olympic host cities who were aged between 5 and 13 when the Games where hosted there and ask what influence it had on them.
435914
There is a plan to tap the oil reserves in Alaska.  But I would ask you this... Do we really need more oil?  Why not find alternative energy sources?  What happens when all the oil runs out? (And it will).  Why do we have to ruin the pristine environment in Alaska with oil drilling and creating a pipeline that will ruin the habitat of many animals?\n\nBush is unfortunately a slave to big business and is not interested in "green" energy and moving the country away from oil, which is sad because we are ruining the earth's environment.  Whatever the Bush Administration says there is global warming and CO2 emissions, like those from cars, are in fact heating up the planet.  Hope you all have working bicycles because in the future with no oil that's what we will all be riding!
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I am sure it has to do with certain factors such as overpopulation, lack of lots of money, and the wrong training conditions. For the MOST part it is hard to rig or fix an olympic event, and in the end, the Indians just aren't the best at any one event. Let's face it, surely they don't ski in India too much, and they don't exactly have pools and volleyball beach courts unless you live in one of the nicer areas. It goes on, but I am sure you catch my drift.
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The Summer Olympics (Games of the Olympiad) have been held every fourth year starting in 1896, with the exception of the years during the World Wars.\n\nA special edition for winter sports, the Olympic Winter Games, was first held in 1924. The first winter Olympics competitions were originally held as a non-Olympic sports festival, but were declared to be official Games by the International Olympic Committee in 1925. Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but from 1994 the Winter Games and the Summer Games are held two years apart.\n\nThere are many legends surrounding the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. One of these associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of εκεχειρία (ekecheiria) or Olympic Truce. The date of the Games' inception based on the count of years in Olympiads is reconstructed as 776 BC, although scholars' opinions diverge between dates as early as 884 BC and as late as 704 BC.\n\nIn the 17th century, the Olympic Games sports festival was held in England, followed by the National Olympic Games, which were established in the 19th century and continue to this day. Later, similar events were organised in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale and certainly not international.\n\nThe interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German archaeologists in the mid-19th century. At the same time, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was searching for a reason for the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). He thought the reason was that the French had not received proper physical education, and sought to improve this. In 1890 he attended the Wenlock Olympian Society. Coubertin also thought of a way to bring nations closer together, to have the youth of the world compete in sports, rather than fight in war. In his eyes, the recovery of the Olympic Games would achieve both of these goals.\n\nIn a congress at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, held from June 16 to June 23, 1894 he presented his ideas to an international audience. On the last day of the congress, it was decided that the first modern Olympic Games would take place in 1896 in Athens, in the country of their birth. To organise the Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was established, with the Greek Demetrius Vikelas as its first president.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Ancient_Olympics
105438
isnt like alaska or canada
1066470
sadly not. the reason for not being included is that they could be playing even when the olympics has got over!