6 Nations In Bidding For 2011 World Champs

[El Toro]

Brisbane will win hands down if the IAAF wants to see daily crowds averaging 3,000

[Halfmiler2]

What happened to Stanford? Weren't they supposed to be interested in trying again?

[tlb747]

What happened to Stanford? Weren't they supposed to be interested in trying again?

If they either fix the track at the football stadium (not going to happen), or build more seats at the current track'n'field stadium (doubt it). They can give it another shot.

[gh]

What happened to Stanford? Weren't they supposed to be interested in trying again?

Beleive we discussed that last spring with the announcement of the new football stadium. Once that went into production any Stanford bid went out the window because they'll no longer have a track. The only way the Bay Area makes a pitch is if an Olympic bid gets back on the table.

Note also that both the AD (Ted Leland) and track coach (Vin Lananna) who were at Stanford when they were behind a WC hosting are no longer at the school.

[trackhead]

tv

What happened to Stanford? Weren't they supposed to be interested in trying again?

and, perhaps as daunting as the stadium question, is who would do the tv work necessary for a US bid.

[tlb747]

Re: tv

What happened to Stanford? Weren't they supposed to be interested in trying again?

and, perhaps as daunting as the stadium question, is who would do the tv work necessary for a US bid.

I wish FOX would.

[AS]

Its definitely Brisbane that is bidding from Australia:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18670647%255E2722,00.html

[Thor]

Apparently Sweden has sent a "letter of intent" too. No venue decided as yet.

[trackhead]

USA?

IAAF says USA is submitting a bid, as well:

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=34198.html

[BruceFlorman]

Re: USA?

IAAF says USA is submitting a bid, as well:

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=34198.html

Hasn't it already been proven definitively on this board (at least twice in the last eight months if I’m not mistaken) that the USA can never host a WC? Isn’t USATF paying attention?

[dl]

So what is going to be the U.S. bid city?

[gh]

Re: USA?

Hasn't it already been proven definitively on this board (at least twice in the last eight months if I’m not mistaken) that the USA can never host a WC? Isn’t USATF paying attention?

What has been "proven" is that there is currently no suitable facility, and that the climate doesn't exist to provide the requisite TV signal. There's one 500lb gorilla out on the back 40 (waaaay back) that can change that: an Olympic bid.

My GUESS is that USATF, following the conventional wisdom that it's easier to win a bid if you lost the previous time--partially because of the sympathy factor, but also because it shows you're really serious if you come back--is merely putting in a place-holder bid for the '13 WC, predicated on there being a viable '16 Oly bid from the U.S. in place when that decision rolls around. (And I say this without attempting to figure out the specifics of the timelines on all those decisions.)

[BruceFlorman]

Re: USA?

My GUESS is that USATF ... is merely putting in a place-holder bid for the '13 WC, predicated on there being a viable '16 Oly bid from the U.S. in place when that decision rolls around.

Okay, I guess that actually makes some sense. They'll still need to come up with some sort of proposal for '11 that isn't completely laughable though, won't they? Does it "look bad" if the '11 and '13 bids are for different cities, or is that not significant?

I haven't been paying much attention for the last couple of months, has there been any further clarification of which US city/cities are likely to bid on the '16 Olys? I know NYC was talking about trying again, and I read something about Chicago being interested, although I don't know how serious that really was. Anybody else?

[gh]

We had a Headline a couple of months back with somebody saying Philadelphia would be a good fit. last year, both SF and LA made rumblings. And there are ongoing rumblings about Chicago and NYC, yes.

Japan and Italy are alreday making serious noises on the international front. Go to the Headlines section and type "16" into the search function for a collection of pieces we've run.

[trackhead]

tough to beat

We had a Headline a couple of months back with somebody saying Philadelphia would be a good fit. last year, both SF and LA made rumblings. And there are ongoing rumblings about Chicago and NYC, yes.

Japan and Italy are alreday making serious noises on the international front. Go to the Headlines section and type "16" into the search function for a collection of pieces we've run.

I would think that Tokyo will present a bid that will be tough to beat. I imagine that they will sell their bid on the basis of the Olympics being run securely, efficiently and being financially sound.