So Beijing was giving the Winter Olympics for 2022...just one problem

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Jul 31, 2015
11:59:37am

JOPE

So Beijing was giving the Winter Olympics for 2022...just one problem

It doesn't actually snow there.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/snow-less-mountain-host-2022-132337019.html

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So Beijing was giving the Winter Olympics for 2022...just one problem

JOPE

7/31/15 11:59am

The IOC is a joke. Good on Boston for telling them to stuff it.

db59840

7/31/15 12:00pm

SLC 2026 will blow it out of the water.

LiveCoug

7/31/15 12:03pm

Yikes. 5 cm is the average snow depth? Is SLC still considering the 2026 bid?

Flyski

7/31/15 12:04pm

Considering, yes. I think with US not getting summer olympics any time

LiveCoug

7/31/15 12:07pm

I believe SLC would like to bid again, but currently the USOC

7/31/15 12:09pm

Yeah. SLOC has been stockpiling hookers and coke for the last dozen years.

foofcoug

7/31/15 12:10pm

I've been in Beijing while it was snowing

bluebloodedcoug

7/31/15 12:25pm

Now I see

bluebloodedcoug

7/31/15 12:33pm

BM Turin & Vancouver. At least in Beijing, it does snow once in a while.

Japan Coug

7/31/15 12:50pm

While Vancouver was bad, at least Whistler is typically one of the highest

LiveCoug

7/31/15 12:57pm

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