Bon chance, Paris — New York City should never host the Olympics
nypost.comour 592 Team USA athletes, including Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, who are brilliantly representing our country in Paris, France.I’ll be giddy about obsessing over weird sports such as dressage and synchronized swimming that only get their moment in the sun every four years.Most of all though, I will heave a huge sigh of relief.Because the Olympics are, yet again, not taking place here in New York City.No FOMO for me!
What the chipper, wall-to-wall TV coverage does not reveal is that, as entertaining and inspiring as the international event is, it’s also a hugely expensive, three-week-long burden on already tenuous infrastructure — in the best of times.Despite being the most influential city in the world, NYC has not once hosted the modern games in their 128-year history.
London and Paris, meanwhile, have each put on the Olympics three times. Good. They can have it.We nearly broke our excellent streak in 2000 when we put in a bid for the 2012 games, but New York ultimately lost out to London.Thank God.
Could you imagine 15 million more visitors descending on NYC — right now, or ever?How would we move spectators to MetLife Stadium when New Jersey Transit can barely get locals to work when it’s hot outside?
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