A PRIZE NO ONE WANTED

Boy, the 2022 Winter Games could not get arrested . With only two bids, the other being Almaty, Kazakhstan ( yeah, like that's a real place ) the games are going back to BEIJING - you know a place with NO SNOW...

From the NYT : It’s a sad day when the International Olympic Committee cannot even clear one of the lowest bars for choosing the host city for the Winter Games: snow.Yes, snow — the element that most would say is crucial for holding events that are contested on it.
But the I.O.C. on Friday still went ahead and chose Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Games, even though the mountains in those Olympic plans have “minimal annual snowfall” and the Games would “rely completely on artificial snow,” according to an I.O.C. evaluation report published in June.
The vote over the only other bid, from Almaty, Kazakhstan, was closer than expected, 44-40. But those tough-minded I.O.C. delegates weren’t wooed by Almaty and its picture-perfect setting or its longstanding tradition of winter sports. Or, of course, by its mountains, which Almaty organizers pointedly — and repeatedly — noted were covered by snow that actually fell from the sky.
While the Almaty bid’s slogan was “Keeping It Real,” Beijing’s could have been, “Keeping It Impractical.”  ( THE REST  )

BEIJING GETS THE GAMES