Deadlines a Challenge for Rio; Toronto Bid Study

(ATR) The head of Rio 2016 says Olympic deadlines are "very short" ... Toronto weighs a 2024 bid.

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Aerial view of the construction site of the Olympic and Paralympic Village at Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 3, 2013. Barra da Tijuca hosts the Olympic park and village for the Rio Olympic 2016. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA        (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
Aerial view of the construction site of the Olympic and Paralympic Village at Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 3, 2013. Barra da Tijuca hosts the Olympic park and village for the Rio Olympic 2016. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Rio Chief: Olympic Deadlines Daunting

The head of Brazil’s Olympic Public Authority compares meeting Rio 2016 deadlines to "changing a tire on a car that’s moving."

Major General Fernando Azevedo e Silva, named to his post three months ago to coordinate the planning of the Games, said in a Sao Paulo newspaper on Monday that the deadlines are "very short."

IOC president Thomas Bach has a trip to Brazil scheduled for next week, where he will meet with President Dilma Rousseff, Olympic organizers, and government officials.

"We have one thing we can’t change: the date of the opening of the Olympics, August 5, 2016," said Silva. "Time will dictate the work."

That work has been plagued by construction delays, financial issues, and public protests. The country is also preparing for this year’s World Cup, which FIFA president Sepp Blatter said last week is the "farthest behind" he’s seen in four decades.

According to Silva, there is a major contrast between the two events.

"In the Olympics alone - not counting the Paralympics - there are 41 world championships held at the same time. The World Cup is one sport, soccer … We have technical requirements from each federation, each discipline."

Toronto Considers Olympic Bid

A 2013 feasibility study by Ernst and Young about a potential 2024 Toronto Olympic bid will be reviewed by an economic development committee next Monday.

The study was completed in November 2013, and concluded that it would cost Toronto around $60 million just to bid.

Toronto mayor Rob Ford shot down a 2020 bid from the Canadian city, and opponents cite massive costs as a reason the city should not bid. The Ernst and Young study said the 2024 Olympics could cost Toronto $7 billion.

The study cited an increase in Toronto’s brand and cultural capital, and the creation of 100 to 200 thousand jobs as positives for a 2024 bid.

Toronto previously bid for the 1996 and 2008 Olympics, losing to Atlanta and Beijing respectively.

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