Whenever I have a discussion regarding the Olympics with someone, I have always said that Vancouver will at least try to host a summer Olympics in the future and will likely get it.
Vancouver summers are hot and it is one of the rare cities in the world that could pull off both a winter and summer Olympics. I figured I would be watching the Vancouver Summer Olympics in a seniors' home in the future, but it looks like there is a group that wants to vie for it sooner rather than later, at least according to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_Summer_Olympics
I later found out that this was reported on in The Vancouver Sun in 2006. Wow, four years before 2010.
I don't think a joint Vancouver/Seattle bid would work and I think this is way too soon for Vancouver to even contemplate --18 years after the hosting the winter games? Toronto has had three unsuccessful bids for the summer games and those organizers were a little choked that Vancouver got the Winter Olympics on the first try. I think politically Toronto would have to get it first before Vancouver could even try.
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