“Oracle Team USA has been moving out of their base at Pier 80 in San Francisco. They do plan to launch a test boat in San Francisco for training on the Bay in February, but have plans to move to Bermuda by April.” – See more at: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/12/02/bermuda-host-2017-americas-cup-2/#sthash.0J7d5Tr1.dpuf

Lets face reality here,we have people under both the PLP and the OBA whom are responsible for mis-haps of funds thorughout the last 20 years and I just hope that history doens’t repeat itself as a result.

Obviously there is nothing to compare in terms of similar event, but we know our history when it comes to money.

End of story, I will be supporting and attending the whole shindig and hope it goes off without a hitch!!!!!!!

“For London as a whole, our econometrics implies that London’s annual output growth (in Gross Value Added terms) could be boosted by 0.6 percentage points per year.

“We expect this effect to take a few years to kick in. Ultimately, we estimate that between 2015-16, London’s annual output growth could be increased by £1.8billion in today’s money – a real Olympic legacy.”

The UK economy has seen a £9.9bn boost in trade and investment from hosting the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, research suggests.

A report by the government department which promotes UK businesses put new contracts, sales and foreign investment in the last year down to the Games”

I will certianly enjoy the party. you wont. Id imagine you dot get much joy in anything save for trying to be negative and troll on a small Bermuda based website. all the best!

PLP is predictable and played out.

Sailing is a feature that all Bermudians have access to year round.

Much of the investment will be made by sponsors eager to have their logos adorn the facilities.

First one to win 8 races. 3-4 races a day.

You do the math.

PLP gave us Beyonce. She danced around for an hour or so in skimpy outfits, got a picture with he whose name cannot be mentioned, took loads of money and was gone.

OBA gives us the America’s Cup which will be visible to the world for months if not years – as many as a billion will see it, and we’ll get loads of jobs from it.

So carry on with the negative – you won’t dampen my spirit.

and I quote

“For years studies have shown that holding the Olympics often has severe negative economic effects on host cities, despite the temporary burst of tourism and global attention. The competition between cities often causes governments to go financially overboard merely to win an Olympic bid. Once constructions gets under way, Governments often fail to budget properly. And after the games are over, many cities are left with infrastructure that suddenly has no real use.”

enjoy the party

someone needs to research…

jsut google net gains olympics etc. you will get there. Actually no you wont you’ll just complain anyway.

what happens when the parting comes to an end”

You lot should have been asking these questions when the previous Govt was spending millions on Beyoncé concerts that brought in zero tourists and zero dollars.

The economic impact of this will be hundreds of millions of dollars of benefit, spread over several years, in all parts of the economy. I know you hate the thought of something so successful happening right now, but there it is.

Pretty simple solution.

what happens when the parting comes to an end

kind of reminds me of the Olympics when the host country is left with empty stadiums and mountains of debt

hosting a one of event for 3 weeks is nice however developing a sustainable long term industry is nicer

kind of reminds me of ancient Rome

more gladiatorial games at the Collossium to distract the masses

hope Bermudians don’t fiddle while Bermuda burns