Hey 3.5 readers.
I’ve read a lot of articles on how sometimes hosting the Olympics ends up a bad deal for a city.
Cities often take up the challenge of hosting duties in the hopes that doing so will cause big stadiums, condo buildings etc to be constructed, thus revitalizing these cities.
Yet, often what happens is that after the big show, these big expensive buildings go unused.
I wonder, given this age of live streaming and technology – could the Olympic events be held at the same time all over the world?
It would probably make little difference to the viewer. Go to a reporter covering swimming in, I don’t know, Australia, then cut to the track and field events in LA or somewhere they have tracks and fields.
The only downside would be maybe you wouldn’t get that nice opening ceremony. Although surely some TV wiz could fix that and maybe have multiple little ceremonies all over the world. A dance number in Tokyo, a fireworks display in London, etc.
The athletes might miss out on the camaraderie. Perhaps the Olympics folks running the event would have reasons why it all has to be in the same place.
I don’t know. Just a thought. I’m not sure it would matter to the viewer or if the viewer would even notice if one competition is here and the other there.
What say you, 3.5 readers?
Bookshelf Battle 
I remember when they were hosted in Atlanta. Events were spread out all over the Southeast. Some were even in Florida. With modern transportation, I could see a games that was all over Europe or another similar area that is well-connected.
i acually think this would be a good idea. Even if you had a host country instead of host city and spread it out.
I don’t even see the point of the Olympics anymore. They let pros in. They let them use technological advances so they can do better than the people who kept it real. It’s not about incredible acts of athletic prowess anymore, it’s about money. I’m not even watching this year.
I think this is the future of the Olympics — skiing where’s there’s actually snow, biking in a moderate climate, spreading expenses around.