Paris Favored to Win 2012 Olympics Bid

AP ^ | Oct 15, 2004-

[mhking]

From GamesBids.com:

Centrebet Says Paris 2012 Is “Ahead Of The Pack”
Posted 12:17 pm ET (GamesBids.com)

Centrebet, Australia’s leading online sports bookmaker, agrees with GamesBids.com that Paris is the frontrunner in the race for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Mark Worwood of Centrebet told GamesBids.com “your BidIndex rates it well ahead of the pack and so do I”.

Centebet has Paris winning the 2012 Games at 1-2, London second at 11-4, Madrid 5-1, New York 8-1 and Moscow 25-1.

GamesBids.com BidIndex, released last week, has Paris in first place, but it differs from Centrebet with Madrid squeaking ahead of London. New York and Moscow are also in fourth and fifth place on BidIndex.

Just damn.

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[bushisdamanin04]

Why any city wants the Olympics is beyond me. The games are terribly expensive, construction will last for years, traffic is horrific, and security is a nightmare. Half the seats at the events will stay empty and the taxpayers will be left with a huge bill. Let the Frogs have it; they deserve it!

[dougherty]

haha

[lilylangtree]

Chiracy must be sucking on someone's finger.

[areafiftyone]

Good - better there than here in NYC.

[george wythe]

The official poster:

[KJacob]

British bookmaker Ladbrokes on Monday installed Paris as the 1-2 favorite to host its third Olympics after holding the games in 1900 and 1924. London, the 1908 and 1948 host, was at 3-1, with Madrid at 4-1, New York at 14-1 and Moscow, the 1980 host, at 33-1.

You mean people actually bet on which city will get the games? Wouldn't that be like betting on which golf course gets to host the US Open in 2010? Seems odd.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Why any city wants the Olympics is beyond me.

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Socialists, Communists, and other tyrannical regimes LOVE big pork projects that glorify them.

[CasearianDaoist]

That was rather my point.

[reagandemo]

"A good reason not to go". It's a sure bet that if they do there is no way in Hell I will go!

[steveegg]

Munich Part Deux.

[1L]

Now that Olympics have professional athletes, it is a non-event.

[keysguy]

Paris over London good God why?

[TheBigB]

I had no idea paris hilton was that popular.

She is very experienced in broad jumping. : )

[george wythe]

From CNN

According to the bid committee, Paris already has 60 percent of all the sites required to stage the modern Games. And some of Paris' better know landmarks will be adapted, temporarily, to accommodate events.

"Jumping in front of Les Invalides, fencing in Le Grand Palais. The Eiffel Tower, you will have the beach volley. You will have the marathon going from one monument to another monument. You will have people cycling on the Champs-Elysees around the Etoile," says Bebear.

[TheBigB]

I'm guessing there will be no deodorant sponsors.

...and very little deodorant, even.

[smonk]

---I had no idea paris hilton was that popular.---

--She is very experienced in broad jumping. : ) --

. . . and the two man luge. (is there such a thing as a four man luge?)

[Tallguy]

LOL! Good one!

But Paris Hilton isn't going to be very attractive by the year 2012. She has a distinctive 'look' right now, but a beauty she ain't.

[keysguy]

The french will never get it done in time. It takes

two years to just to let the bribes and another two years

to get someone to do the work and another two years to get

someone else to pay and then 8 years to build it. They

don't have enough time.

[Moosilauke]

Paris is priced at over $60 on Tradesports.com. Looks like a slam-dunk.