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Written By idontspam - 8 October, 2009
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I would suggest we start building an Olympic park near Bangalore so we can bid for 2020 olympics. Of the BRIC countries only we havent won the bid to host an Olympics yet. The economy is booming and we can get some funding/private participation now.
Location: I would suggest somewhere between Tumkur & Chickballapur, north of Dodballapur. It has a good mixed terrain. Pockets of decent groundwater. Lakes for water sports. Good connectivity from Bangalore City as well as BIA. Between some potential but untapped satellitte towns.
Features: Around 200 acres, arenas for games, olympic village to hold around 20K people, Sports universities, Sports medicine, hospitals, ,malls, hotels & resturants etc.
Advantages: New magnet for development, new infrastructure to connect Bangalore with potential but untapped satellite towns, provides reason for upgrading of current neglected state highways, new commuter train lines can connect Tumkur, Doddballapur, Chickballapur with Bangalore city. Finally, increase in physical health and sporting culture of the people.
If we build this Olympic park in 5 years wit Indian designers and builders we will have the much needed jobs boost and we will have time to train atheletes to win some medals at home in 2020.
What say?
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Naveen - 8 October, 2009 - 15:11
I hope we build infrastructure & manage to hold the commonwealth games satisfactorily in this country first !
idontspam - 11 October, 2009 - 11:41
Spend Rs.20000 crores on an Olympics City or would you use that money to build grassroots infrastructure?
I have made my case that I would first spend that on the Olympics City. The CWG doest have the sports university, sports hospital, traning schools, policies to support an economy and life around those facilities. It is a construction effort and it ends there. There is no plan for the day after that event ends.
If we built an olympic city beyond Dodballapur like a construction project and not have a sustenance plan, it will be a big flop show. The city should sustain itself with people from around converging on it as a education center, sports center of excellence. Corporates organizing internation games. Treat it like anSEZ for sports. More than 50% of people already live in cities. Leverage that to create the movement.
tsubba - 9 October, 2009 - 11:47
what i want to know.
did our satellites detect the weather? could they have estimated the amount of rainfall, could they have estimated the extent of flooding. could they have sent a warning to govt.
did the govt have means of reaching across to people. how could the local adminstration manage migration. etc etc.
these types of investments are on the savings side. what does a olympic stadium get you? other than just showing off to the world? you says sports. for decades on end now cyclists from bijapur, both men and women, have been winning national level medals. to this day, bijapur has no velodrome. they want to build one in bangalore.
idontspam - 9 October, 2009 - 19:02
for decades on end now cyclists from bijapur, both men and women, have been winning national level medals. to this day, bijapur has no velodrome. they want to build one in bangalore.
They shouldnt just build a velodrome near Bangalore they should get a university so these guys in Bijapur can also study close to the velodrome. There will be economic activities in the Bangalore region where they can work also until they turn professional.
There needs to be a critical mass with professionalism so sports can attract followers and sponsorship. Keeping it closer to economic hubs will bring in attendant attentention/money. MNC & local IT companies can sponsor events to get youth attention. Lot of people need to take part in sports to gain followers and there is a big IT crowd to utilize the facilities. If you play a game in school and college you tend to follow it, but you will stop following it if there is no popularity, you tend to go into TV mode after you start working. This needs to change. Our youth will be well rounded individuals if they take part in sporting events. Quality facilities are important not dust bowls. One such way is to have a big event to get the momentum going in terms of attitude. It needs to be followed by appropriate changes in the educational system as well.
Oh and the construction is going to test architects abilities, get some jobs & moolah flowing in.
IDS,
I like your idea (leaving aside my post on peak oil). Starting now, this can be the project that will revolutionize Bangalore. It will have its unintended consequences though - we can leave them for now.
Location - I would not go so far off. The Olympic village should ideally be on the HSRL route to the new airport or maybe a few km beyond at most. This should still be a Bangalore Olympics or Asiad.
Srivathsa
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