Recent content by mistersg1

Remember that Sochi was a WINTER games....the incredible cost of it, over 50 billion they say was the final nail in the coffin for the Olympics as we knew them. Remember the bidding process, cities would send the IOC a package and then they would have a vote on it? Because of the enormous costs...

It’s worth noting, that Greater Vancouver hosted all the indoor events, the only outdoor events they hosted were Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Everything else was in Whistler but Vancouver was the sole city “attached” to the branding of that Olympics. I assume the same thing would have...

I can find a vertical drop of 2100 for Mont Tremblant, I know that the roadblock to a Quebec City Olympics was because of the pesky downhill event, so I wonder why they never considered Mont Tremblant then, perhaps it doesn’t meet all the requirements for the downhill event either? Some did...

You need at least a true vertical of 1480 feet for the downhill event. As far as I know nowhere in Ontario could do it.

Breaking isn't in the next one Trampolining while technically a separate sport from both artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics, I'm sure most people would group them in the same "family" Boxing isn't in the next one, and you can win without the judges BMX...forgot about that, when I...

The Pan Am Games made them create a deadline which they did meet, but I believe the origins of this project predate the Pan Am bid by a long shot, it was supposed to be known as Blue22 I believe, in which it would take 22 minutes. I seem to remember them also wanting to have the Line 1...

I'm not going to deny that, Tokyo would have been awesome too if it wasn't for the pandemic. However, some have brought up if the Paris Olympics caused their metro extensions to be built, that is of course debatable. The Paris Olympics wasn't why the Line 11 and Line 14 extensions were built...

This is a question about the games themselves. First thing, Athletics has always had those distances you are mentioning, as well as the 800m, 1500m, and 3000m Steeplechase. Multiple events happen simultaneously during the Athletics events and that's easily one of the most blue ribbon sports on...

My 2 cents to this topic as I USED to be a supporter of such bids in the past. Winter games are child's play compared to summer games, and there is no place nearby Toronto that could host the downhill event for Alpine Skiing, so that eliminates that possibility right there. This is why Winter...

We seem to be constantly going around in circles, so I'm not sure how much I can engage on this topic as what's the point of dealing with stubborness. Structures, especially institutional structures built during that period in the 1970s are seen to most people as hideous, what we know as...

But taking the longer way isn't necessarily the parents want to do either. Especially my father, he was always adamant on getting places quickly. Heck, I was more of the explorer that you describe, I didn't even drive across Eastport Drive across Burlington Bay until I could drive myself. I was...

The thing that gets me is why do you think my time growing up was that much different from your time growing up.......it seems you mentioned my liking of Nintendo Power Pod as being problematic, but I mentioned this because I have always had a liking for video games (not so much now) but you get...

It seems for whatever reason, after catching up on this discussion nearly a year later, that Adma seems to have a certain distaste for the theme park industry and entertainment destinations in particular. To make it clear, like it or not, no one was playing in the Forum when Wonderland built...

Not sure if you know, but on a related note, in the case of the systems interchanges where provincial freeway meets municipal freeeway as in DVP/404/401, FGG/QEW/427, and 401/Allen Who actually is responsible for the ramps in the interchanges? I’m particularly interested in the 401/Allen...

I am a roadgeek by nature, I know that is often in contention with many ideals of people on the site, but basically, I'm quite aware of the history of Ontario's freeways. To begin, I will exclusively use the word "freeway" to describe a road that has at least two lanes in each direction, is...