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Even the Olympic host cities lose money, that is why there are no cities bidding for future Olympic Games, it just cost to much.

But we do have the International Fireman Games(or whatever it’s called) coming in a couple years, I’m sure that will make up for that lost $14mil…..

(08-15-2022 04:30 PM)Usajags Wrote:  Even the Olympic host cities lose money, that is why there are no cities bidding for future Olympic Games, it just cost to much.

But we do have the International Fireman Games(or whatever it’s called) coming in a couple years, I’m sure that will make up for that lost $14mil…..

Not surprising at all. Was it worth it? Maybe. I will say it was cool seeing Bham on the TV from the other side of the world. It blows my mind that people thought there would be people traveling to see this event. Im pretty sure most of us had never even heard of the World Games until it was announced Bham would host.

World Games Birmingham was the first one on American soil since the first World Games in 1981, not many people are that familiar with it compared to the Olympics

Birmingham will host the Fireman/Police World Games in 2025
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(08-15-2022 04:52 PM)BlazintheAtl1 Wrote:  

(08-15-2022 04:30 PM)Usajags Wrote:  Even the Olympic host cities lose money, that is why there are no cities bidding for future Olympic Games, it just cost to much.

But we do have the International Fireman Games(or whatever it’s called) coming in a couple years, I’m sure that will make up for that lost $14mil…..

Not surprising at all. Was it worth it? Maybe. I will say it was cool seeing Bham on the TV from the other side of the world. It blows my mind that people thought there would be people traveling to see this event. Im pretty sure most of us had never even heard of the World Games until it was announced Bham would host.

It was definitely worth it.

(08-15-2022 05:31 PM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  

(08-15-2022 04:52 PM)BlazintheAtl1 Wrote:  

(08-15-2022 04:30 PM)Usajags Wrote:  Even the Olympic host cities lose money, that is why there are no cities bidding for future Olympic Games, it just cost to much.

But we do have the International Fireman Games(or whatever it’s called) coming in a couple years, I’m sure that will make up for that lost $14mil…..

Not surprising at all. Was it worth it? Maybe. I will say it was cool seeing Bham on the TV from the other side of the world. It blows my mind that people thought there would be people traveling to see this event. Im pretty sure most of us had never even heard of the World Games until it was announced Bham would host.

It was definitely worth it.

I agree.

But that 14 million was our beluga whale money!

100% worth it. It was amazing and Birmingham shone bright on the World stage. Our image was greatly improved nationally and internationally thanks to The World Games!

(07-14-2022 09:24 PM)C-Finder Wrote:  Women
Mexico clobbered USA 39-6 to take the gold

From Birmingham to the Super Bowl commercial, she may be the captain of the Mexican team

NFL is kinda when I embed it to this site

NFL Super Bowl commercial

(08-15-2022 07:14 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  But that 14 million was our beluga whale money!

"Atlanta has a Beluga Whale, we gonna get a Beluga whale" - that guy was made for Twitter

(02-13-2023 09:50 AM)jaymay2525 Wrote:  

(08-15-2022 07:14 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  But that 14 million was our beluga whale money!

"Atlanta has a Beluga Whale, we gonna get a Beluga whale" - that guy was made for Twitter

Former mayor Larry Langford was a small man with big dreams RIP

(02-13-2023 11:32 AM)C-Finder Wrote:  

(02-13-2023 09:50 AM)jaymay2525 Wrote:  

(08-15-2022 07:14 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  But that 14 million was our beluga whale money!

"Atlanta has a Beluga Whale, we gonna get a Beluga whale" - that guy was made for Twitter

Former mayor Larry Langford was a small man will big dreams RIP

My favorite Larry memory was the time I was running an errand at the courthouse downtown around the time he was going through his legal troubles with the SEC, and he was holding court of his own in the entry area with a group of 10 or so people and going on about how the SEC was out to get any successful black man they could. As I was passing by he belted out in his best bombastic Sunday Sermon voice "Everyone knows that SEC stands for Sue Every Colored!"

It was quite the entertaining thing to see and hear in person.

He was Birmingham's PT Barnum

He had big plans, but poor execution.

He certainly didn’t mind spending money.

(02-14-2023 03:27 PM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  He certainly didn’t mind spending money.

Are we confident he wasn’t running BSC in the mid 2000’s???