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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?
COMMENTS
bharat maddala - 2 March, 2010 - 11:03
friends m a final yr architecture student taken up bangalore olympics as my thesis project could u ppl help me in developin my project :)
s_yajaman - 3 March, 2010 - 09:19
Hi Bharat,
It is your project and your neck :). At the bare minimum you need to make a draft and circulate it. You will get feedback and inputs. But expecting the people here to do your project is unrealistic.
Srivathsa
idontspam - 31 July, 2012 - 16:12
Dont skimp on sporting infrastructure build them all in each & every state. Anyway, 2020 or 2050 the goals dont change
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
Naveen - 11 October, 2009 - 13:47
the first step is to build sporting infrastructure. But you know what, it is far easier to build an Olympic city than to build grassroots infrastructure and the latter is probably more important (and not just in enabling us to win gold medals).
Very true, & what I said on another thread is relevant here too --
"Issues exist because people decide & the politicians are scared of losing elections. Thus, they are unable to focus on the issues & are restrained from using their own judgement as leaders, as they should be doing. Also, I think knee-jerk reactions are what have been emerging when issues have reached critical proportions, not long-term or futuristic solutions, as we have been seeing. Thus, it has been a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth, repeatedly, like some chronic, incurable disease".
People in India care little for sports & despite some efforts by the government, no real interest has been created nor can there be a real push. People do not seem to want it - & politicians are forced to divert attention to where people's gaze is focussed.
So, though there are many great ideas, not many will see the light of day. The first step in our system is to get substantial numbers of people to take notice of success stories from elsewhere (outside the country), especially the poorer sections. Unless they show interest, the political leaders will not see much point in pursuing such initiatives since their careers & survival depend on these masses that vote.
Thus, we are in a society that is chained to the majority opinion, though such opinion may not be aligned with trends & practices prevalent in the rest of the world nor in the country's best interests.
How else does one explain the extremely poor, in fact, pathetic performance in sports events such as Olympics or Asian games, not to mention many other fields such as art or cinema ?
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