Which of the four finalist cities do you think should host the 2016 Olympic Games?

Question

Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Chicago, USA

Madrid, Spain

Tokyo, Japan

Even though I'm American, I think Rio would make for the most interesting games (though it's a longshot)

Tokyo and Madrid are the frontrunners. I was born in Chicago and having the games there just doesn't seem interesting.

What would be your choice?

Answer 1

Tokyo, Japan

Answer 2

I agree with you Rio definitely sounds interesting.  Maybe Chicago could host the winter olympics

Answer 3

Any place but the states.Rio would be interesting, but, I don't think they will get it. Japan could handle it. Not sure about Spain.

Answer 4

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!

Answer 5

tokyo so that I can visit my grandma!  

Answer 6

i would go with rio cause spain and usa just had the olympics and tokyo is close to beijing  

Answer 7

I believe Rio should get the bid. Thast would be the first time the Olympics would be in South America.

Answer 8

Chicago.

Answer 9

I think that it would be cool if the games were in Madrid or Rio, because they just had the olympics really close to Japan (Beijing), and you're right, Chicago kinda seems boring. If it was my choice, I would choose Rio :)

Answer 10

I vote for Chicago, USA, I've never been to the Olympics, and at least I'd have a chance to go.  But Rio would be my second choice.  Japan and Spain are my last choices.  If it was in Japan, you can count on the same amount of fixed judging events as in China.

Answer 11

Well as a future Olympian I would say Chicago, because its more convenient, closer for a lot of Olympians  and I don't really think Japan or Brazil should hold it, since they have enough going on around that time. Madrid holding it wouldn't be fair to other continents because that would be the second straight Summer Olympic games that Europe holds, so for me it should either be Chicago, my number one choice, and Rio cause the Americas have not held it in quite a long time to me.

Answer 12

I agree with Grand Slam...I won't pick Chicago, USA....

um...maybe.. Rio de Janiero, Brazil... that would be interesting

my cousins live in Brazil! :)

Answer 13

Rio.  The games are not important enough to the US for us to host it again and again.  

Answer 14

Rio because we just had Beijing, an asian city host the 2008 olympics, and London, a european city will host the 2012.  For variety's sake, that leaves either Chicago or Rio, but then, USA already had hosted the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, so Chicago would be rather uninteresting.

Madrid, though interesting, would be almost the same as the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.  Maybe Tokyo, but we just had asian venue in Beijing this year.

Rio, for variety's sake.  

Answer 15

Well, I'd say Chicago just because I would really like to go see the games in person and it'd be a lot more reasonable for me if I weren't leaving the country.

But I think Tokyo would be awesome.

Answer 16

Previously, there is a rumor that the IOC wants the next one to be in Latin America, so Rio fits the bill.  I would like to see it in Rio.

Tokyo and Madrid are front runners.  Out of these two, I like Tokyo.

Answer 17

japan or brazil! america should not get the olympics for another 60-70 years! they need to stop its brutal invasions and human rights abuses in the middle east for them to host any major international sporting event!

Answer 18

I think Rio would be a great choice. For one, they have a great culture there and it could be very interesting. They will have to have the infrastructure in place to host it because they will be hosting the FIFA World Cup before then. Also, there has never been an Olympics hosted in South America, so it would also be a milestone.

I actually would find Chicago fairly interesting, probably because I could be living there at the time. Also, I grew up near South Bend and Notre Dame University has offered up their soccer fields as a potential venue for the soccer competitions. Being a huge Notre Dame fan, I would love to see the university used in such a manner.

Of the next two, I think Madrid would be a bit more interesting than Tokyo, again because of the culture there.

I think both Madrid and Tokyo are at a disadvantage given the location of two recent Olympics and that the IOC doesn't tend to keep games on the same continent in multiple game. Europe will have hosted the 2012 Olympics (London), so Madrid could possibly lose because it would mean Europe has two in a row. Tokyo could lose the bid due to the Beijing Olympics having just occurred the year before the final selection is made.

It will have been 20 years in 2016 since the Olympics occurred in America, which is why I would like to see it be Chicago or Rio.

Answer 19

My choice is definitely Chicago, USA.

Apart from some issues on the Iraq War which killed a few thousand children and civilians, lying about WMDs, human right abuse in Guantanamo Bay, secret foreign prisons, water boarding torture, faking of intel documents, unpopular foreign policies, I think overall US has done the world a lot of good. Unlike China, the U.S has done a lot to help their homeless citizens and Katrina victims. Racial equality for the Blacks, Native Americans, and Latinos is unparalleled. I think the US deserve to host the Olympics again.

GO USA!