Here Come The Olympics

The winter games, set in South Korea, are just a few weeks away. And with all the political turmoil that is swirling around the Korean peninsula, won't these be interesting times?

For that reason, and others, I think it may be high time to pick permanent sites for the Olympic Games. The debacle that was Rio (cost overruns, negative impact on Brazil's economy and infrastructure, poor environmental sites, etc.) shows the time for individual nations putting billions into hosting has come and gone.

Instead, let's pick 3 permanent sites for the Summer Games and 3 for the Winter Games, have the nations of the world split the cost burdens of building and maintaining these sites and rotate from there

For the Summer Games, I propose Athens (after all, Greece is the birthplace of the Olympics, and this country could use the boost), Los Angeles (existing facilities) and Sydney (great host). For the Winter Games, how about Lillehammer, Vancouver & Tokoyo/Japan. In each case, you have Europe-North America & Asia represented.