DUBAI2020, Doha's new contender

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Shashank Shekhar
Two Arab contenders have now emerged to contest for the 2020 Olympics – Dubai and Doha. Doha seriously vied for hosting the 2016 Olympic Games and was not considered when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held its first round of meetings in June last year.

Immediately afterwards, Qatar announced it will bid for the 2020 Olympics. The other cities that have already lined up to bid up for the 2020 Olympics include Durban, Cape Town, Busan, New Delhi, Toronto and Kuala Lumpur. Dubai has now set up a committee to study the city's potential to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. Even though the emirate may be relatively young compared to the growing list of ambitious cities lining up for the 2020 bid, there are certain aspects that give it an edge over the other contenders.
The most important of all, people with knowledge of the matter say, is its potential for constructing townships, buildings and infrastructure at a pace that is arguably one of the fastest in the world. "Dubai's record in construction will come to its aid. The Metro and the transport system will also add to the emirate's strength while bidding," Dr Eckart Woertz, Programme Manager (Economics) at Gulf Research Center, told Emirates Business. But how does the IOC decide which city will host the Olympic Games? This is a decision that involves dozens of members of an elite club who consider everything from the candidate city's financial situation to its traditions of "Olympism and culture".According to reports, the IOC evaluates 18 themes, which vary from the logistical, such as transportation and security, to the subjective plans for an Olympic Village, for example. Dubai, by all accounts scores well on these issues.
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China's Top Trade Official: Don't Abandon the Doha Round

After seven years of ups and downs, the WTO's Doha Development Agenda negotiations registered another failure in July (BusinessWeek.com, 7/30/08). The talks collapsed when the agreement on modalities of both agriculture and nonagriculture market access (NAMA), critical to the progress of the whole round, was almost within reach. This is tragic. Yet multilateral trade negotiations have never sailed smoothly before, so one more setback should not mean the end of the Doha Round.

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Potential 2020 bid cities

The potencial 2020 bid cities:

Africa
Cape Town, South Africa After being eliminated during the fourth round of the 2004 Olympic race, Cape Town may also bid for the 2020 Olympics.

Asia
Bangkok, Thailand The Thai capital, Bangkok, had originally expressed interest for bidding for a 2020 bid.

Busan, South Korea With the success of the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, the city's mayor announced that they were planning to bid for the 2020 Olympic games.

Delhi, India Being very confident of holding a successful Commonwealth Games in 2010, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has confirmed that "Delhi will bid for the 2020 Olympics."

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia expects to be considered a developed nation by the year 2020, as expressed in Wawasan 2020.

Europe
Budapest, Hungary Budapest is considering to bid for Hungary's first Summer Olympic Games.

Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen is considering to bid for Denmark's first Olympics. Copenhagen will try to bid for the Olympics in 2020 because they concluded that it would be the most likely year that a European nation would win the bid.

Hamburg, Germany Munich is mounting a bid for the 2018 Winter Games bid, which will supersede a 2020 Summer games bid, and most likely push a Hamburg bid back to at least 2030.

Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul will apply for hosting the 2020 Olympic Games. Istanbul previously applied for hosting the games in 4 consecutive times but did not apply for 2016 Olympic Games.

Prague, Czech Republic Prague has launched a bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Bid organizers have acknowledged it is a preporatory bid for a future Olympiad, such as the 2020 Summer Games.

Porto, Portugal Portugal is supposedly considering two cities to bid. There is currently an unofficial website of Porto 2020.

Rome, Italy After losing its 2004 bid to Athens, Rome will attempt to present another bid for the 2020 Olympics.

Romagna , Italy, A committee in Romagna, the southeastern part of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, is promoting a Romagna 2020 bid.

St. Petersburg, Russia Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, is considering bidding for the 2020 Summer Olympics. City officials have confirmed that they are preparing to develop the city's infrastructure to strengthen their bid.

Baku, Azerbaijan The Azeri capital bid for the 2016 edition of the games, but failed to make the shortlist and gain candidature status. Following the city's elimination, a government sports official vowed to bid again, stating his belief that Baku will be the next host city. Baku came last on the evaluation of the 2016 bids, with a score of 4.3. The main reasons for Baku's poor rating were the city's poor infrastructure and concerns over the budget of the proposed games.

Prague, Czech Republic Prague bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the candidature phase, coming second to last in the evaluation of applicant cities. Bid organizers had acknowledged that it was a preparatory bid, in order to gain experience, and indeed expressed the city's intention to bid for the 2020 games. It is estimated cost for preparations for an Olympic bid, including a proposal to connect the metro system to sports centres and to enlarge an airport, would be USD$9.1 billion. Also, most of the sport grounds would have to be built from scratch.

North America
If Chicago fails to win the 2016 Summer Olympics bid, by 2020, it would have been 24 years since a summer Olympics were held in North America, strengthening a bid from that continent. The last time the Games were in the Americas was the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, although the Winter Olympics will have been held there twice in the meanwhile.

Boston, Massachusetts United States Boston is conducting feasibility studies for the greater New England region.

Detroit, Michigan, United States Detroit has made the Summer Olympic Games final bidding election more often than any other ultimately unsuccessful bid city, seven times including 1964 and 1968, when they placed second. If accepted as the USA candidate by USOC, this would be their 8th bid.

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, United States Legislation has been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature to create a task force to explore a 2020 Olympic bid for the Twin Cities.

Monterrey, Mexico Monterrey is considering a 2020 Summer Olympic bid,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States There is also speculation that Philadelphia is interested in bidding for the 2020 games.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada On July 10, 2007 it was revealed that the Canadian Olympic Committee had begun work on a potential bid for the 2020 or 2024 games for Toronto.

Birmingham, Alabama In June 2008, Birmingham mayor Larry Langford, expressed interest in hosting the 2020 summer Olympic games.

South America
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil If the Rio bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics is unsuccessful, the city may try again.

Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina's wish to bid for an Olympics. there is much speculation over a possible 2020 or 2024 bid.

Lima, Peru, Peruvian President Alan Garcia has announced that the country is bidding to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. He said Wednesday Peru is ready for the challenge.

Oceania
Brisbane, Australia The subtropical city of Brisbane would seriously consider bidding for the Olympic Games in 2020 or 2024.

Melbourne, Australia Australia's second largest city, Melbourne is considering a bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Doha will bid for hosting the Olympic Games in 2020

Source ::: (QNA)

H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who is also the Chairman of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), yesterday said Qatar was determined to continue its efforts to host the Olympic Games to realise the aspirations of the people of Qatar and the other nations in the region.
Speaking to the media, the Heir Apparent said the obstacles that made the International Olympic Committee (IOC) set aside Qatar’s bid for hosting the Olympics in 2016 will be carefully studied.
When these obstacles are removed and after coordination with the executive office of the IOC, then “we will bid for hosting the Olympic Games in 2020 as per set measures and standards”, the Heir Apparent added.

The Heir Apparent said organising such an event would have a positive impact on the people of Qatar and the people of the region as a whole, citing the successful organisation of the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
Sheikh Tamim made these remarks following the hoisting of the Qatari flag at the Olympic Village yesterday and said he was in the Chinese capital also to take part in the IOC plenary session, being held on the sidelines of the Beijing Olympic Games.
The Heir Apparent wished the Qatari athletes every success in their mission to win sporting honours for Qatar and to satisfy the aspirations of the people of the country.
The Heir Apparent and the Chairman of the Qatar Olympic Committee praised the efforts made by China to prepare for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Olympic Games domains portfolio

Here's a complete listing of all Olympic Game cities domains that I own. From the all 45 possible domains of Olympic events held until now, between Olympic Summer games and Winter Games, I own 32 domains. So this is the most complete portfolio of domains of Olympic Games Cities. I have been collecting the domains of the cities that have held an Olympic Game Event. The norm is that the domain of the official website of an Olympic Event is always the name of the city in English followed by the year of celebration and the extension ".com"; Example: http://www.moscow1980.com/, http://www.london2012.com/, etc… Time ago, I wonder, What happens with the Olympic Cities that host an Olympic Games when internet did not exist yet. Which would have been the domain for their official site. I search internet I found that those domains were availables, so I bought them. This is the list of the Summer Olympic Games domains that I Own. From the 25 events I own 15:
http://www.stlouis1904.com/
http://www.london1908.com/
http://www.stockholm1912.com/
http://www.antwerp1920.com/
http://www.paris1924.com/
http://www.amsterdam1928.com/
http://www.losangeles1932.com/
http://www.berlin1936.com/
http://www.london1948.com/
http://www.helsinki1952.com/
http://www.rome1960.com/
http://www.mexicocity1968.com/
http://www.moscow1980.com/
http://www.losangeles1984.com/
http://www.seoul1988.com/

This is the list of the Winter Olympic Games that I Own. From the 20 events I own 17: http://www.chamonix1924.com/
http://www.stmoritz1928.com/
http://www.lakeplacid1932.com/
http://www.garmisch-partenkirchen1936.com/
http://www.stmoritz1948.com/
http://www.oslo1952.com/
http://www.cortinadampezzo1956.com/
http://www.squawvalley1960.com/
http://www.innsbruck1964.com/
http://www.grenoble1968.com/
http://www.sapporo1972.com/
http://www.innsbruck1976.com/
http://www.lakeplacid1980.com/
http://www.sarajevo1984.com/
http://www.calgary1988.com/
http://www.albertville1992.com/
http://www.lillehammer1994.com/

My blog about domains

http://empiresofsites.blogspot.com/

Doha 2020

Empiezo este blog destino a mi meta que es llegar realizar un viaje por Qatar y terminar en el año 2020 en doha.