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Originally Posted by SpawnOfVulcan
The overlap of schedules concerns me, though. Maybe, events would go on as planned.
If both events go on at the same time, then maybe there's no money wasted on our end. HOWEVER, I think we'd definitely see a reduction in the number of people visiting to attend in Birmingham (obviously, people would rather spend their money going to Tokyo). With events, my greatest concern would be a loss of exposure for Birmingham and Alabama. That's certainly not the worst result... the worst result is that The World Games are canceled in favor of The Olympics and the investment that has already taken place is essentially money down the drain.
I personally wouldn't object to The World Games being pushed back till 2022 or 2023. That would make Protective Stadium the main venue, the BJCC will have been renovated, and our hotel industry will have had more time to scale up to host more people.
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i agree that pushing it back couldn't hurt.
however, i doubt there are tons of people planning to travel to birmingham from all over the globe (other than athletes and family) for the world games. i really think spectators will be mostly local and/or regional. maybe i'm wrong.
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