Olympics Prague

- Will ne Tomas Patera fired? (chief of Olympic Prgue in czech Praha Olympijská?)

- Pavel Bem, Prague leader siad, that he wants Olympic Games 2020 in Prague

- There could be problem with finance, Prague 2020 needs goverment

Prague has bid for the Games before, most recently in the 1970s. But the Soviet Union soon put paid to Prague’s Olympic ambitions, and after pressure from Moscow the bid was withdrawn.

The 2020 Summer Olympics (officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad) is a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee has yet to begin the selection process.

Monterrey is considering a 2020 Summer Olympic bid, according to Felipe Muñoz, President of the Mexican Olympic Committee.

Prague 2020 bid

So the Czech Olympic Committee sees 2016 as a sort of dry run for 2020 or 2024. Prague will have some very tough competition in Europe - Paris, Madrid, Moscow, possibly Berlin. But even very idea of hosting Games is not to everyone’s liking, with some saying Prague is just too small to host the Olympics and the whole enterprise will be far too expensive. So do the people of Prague actually want the Games? Vladimir Dostal remains optimistic they will support a bid to host the Games.

Prague 2020 comments

It looks beautiful but I think its unreal to do it. In near future Olympics will be much more expensive than they are now, so there will exist a very short list of cities which will have enough money to organize Olympic Games.

As we know from history, from Athens last year for example, the support gradually increases. It’s a normal process that at the beginning of the bidding process people don’t agree too much, and the support is very low. But what about the Prague 2020?

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