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Contents 1. Candidate Cities 2. Candidature Process 3. Calgary 4. Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo 5. Stockholm/Åre 6. 134th IOC Session 7. News / Blogposts 1. Candidate Cities Calgary, Canada…

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Did you know that Northshore Hamilton has been identified as an ideal site for building the Athletes' Village for the 2032 Olympics? While the international sports event is still a decade away, planning discussions have begun between Brisbane City Council and the International Olympics Committee (IOC).
Documents released by IOC showed that Hamilton's Northshore could be the site of a new 14,000-bed facility, which the athletes will call their temporary home in Brisbane.
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For the next few years, Hamilton Northshore's 50-hectare riverfront land will be boosted with heaps of commercial and residential developments to prepare the precinct once the international guests arrive.

The athletes' village could be turned into public housing after the Olympics.

Photo Credit: Google Maps

However, the committee also said that other location options around Brisbane are still under evaluation and the details will be provided with due diligence.

IOC said that they decided the host in advance because of "the uncertainty the world is facing right now" and they would like to seize the momentum presented by Brisbane and its many project developments.
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IOC also said that about 80 to 90 percent of the " advanced Games concept " venues needed in the Olympics are already existing in Brisbane or will be completed by 2032.

"The hard work is not over yet as we embark on an 11 year journey, working closely with all three levels of government, to deliver the transport infrastructure our growing region needs for many decades to come," Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said.

Brisbane will be the third Australian location to host the Olympics after Sydney in 2000 and Melbourne in 1956.

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Hamilton Northshore Seen as Ideal Site For Olympics Athletes' Village - Hamilton Today

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Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Did you know that Northshore Hamilton has been identified as an ideal site for building the Athletes' Village for the 2032 Olympics? While the international sports event is still a decade away, planning discussions have begun between Brisbane City Council and the International Olympics Committee (IOC).

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Post the Games, Northshore will deliver a diverse residential offering, including aged care, retirement living social and affordable housing, key worker, hotel, build-to-rent and market accommodation.

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Brisbane:

Aquatics – Swimming, Water Polo, Diving, Artistic Swimming, Water Polo

Archery

Athletics/Ceremonies

Badminton

Basketball (Including 3x3)

BoxingCanoe (Sprint/Slalom)

Cycling – Track, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle

Equestrian (Including Cross Country)

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Modern Pentathlon

Rowing

Rugby

Sailing

Tennis

Shooting

Table Tennis

Taekwondo

Gold Coast:

Aquatics (Marathon)

Beach Volleyball

Golf

Judo

Triathlon

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Sunshine Coast:

Athletics (Race Walk)

Basketball

Cycling — Road Marathon, Mountain Bike

Sailing (Kiteboarding)

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Proposed venues for 2032 Olympic Games hosted in Brisbane city centre and at South Bank.

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A map from the International Olympic Committee's feasibility report shows the proposed venues for 2032 Olympic Games hosted in Brisbane, February 25, 2021.(ABC News)

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The IOC has recommended considering the existing Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast for athletics events.(ABC Gold Coast: Dominic Cansdale)

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There are several options for the opening and closing ceremonies, including a new Brisbane Olympic Stadium that could seat up to 50,000 people at the Albion Park Raceway in Brisbane's inner north.

However, the IOC has recommended considering the existing Carrara Stadium (40,000) on the Gold Coast for athletics events and using the Gabba in Brisbane for ceremonies (40,000).

Carrara Stadium is a proven facility after it was used for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies, as well as track and field events.

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It is also the first time the IOC has shown interest in a region, rather than a single city.

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The Gold Coast will contribute 2,000 beds with existing hotels in Surfers Paradise.(ABC Gold Coast: Dominic Cansdale )

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A strong masterplan using 84 percent existing and temporary venues, set against a spectacular backdrop. The remaining venues will be delivered well in advance and irrespective of the Games to meet the needs of a fast-growing population;

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The proposed Brisbane Olympic Stadium at Albion with the proposed Olympic venues lit in the background.

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It’s part dormitory, part dining hall, part lounge
Like "college campus"
The athletes — from different age groups and backgrounds — share rooms, common areas and bathrooms. They are grouped by sport, taking up blocks or floors of rooms. Some of the Olympians are in their teens, others in their 30s.
She says she learned to bring a lot of photos with her from home — plus some painter’s tape — to add personality to her space. Otherwise, with all the white walls, “it can seem like a hospital room.”
Coughlin says the best spot to be in the village is usually the cafeteria. Not only does it provide a place to intermingle with the rest of the athletes from your country, it’s a great opportunity for people-watching.

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Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2018 and has been updated with information about the Tokyo Summer Games.
There are probably as many stories about the Olympic Village as there are athletes who stay there. The accommodations, which house the competitors at the Summer and Winter Games, historically include a bank, a salon, a post office, a massive cafeteria and - yes - a McDonald's.

It's part dormitory, part dining hall, part lounge; a place to prepare for the defining moment in any athlete's life and a place to unwind or people-watch before or between competitions.

Despite its sprawl, the village remains off-limits to basically everyone in the world, making it the persistent object of fascination from Olympic spectators every two years. What really happens when you take a few thousand of the world's top competitors and put them all in the same space?

PEOPLE spoke with some gold medalists to find out. Their comments, together with those of others Olympians in previous interviews, provide an enlightening look inside.

'It's Like a Giant College Campus'

Ask swimmer Natalie Coughlin about the biggest misconception people might have about the Olympic Village and she'll tell you: "I think they think it's a lot more glamorous than it is. It's really pretty boring."

"It's like a giant college campus - except that everyone is getting ready for the biggest event of their life so they're incredibly stressed," the three-time Olympian and 12-time medalist, including three golds, told PEOPLE.

"They're really, really focused and so everyone is 100 percent on their best behavior up until the time that they're done competing," Coughlin says. (Other athletes have had ... wilder experiences. More on that below.)

"When people are done competing, they generally leave the Olympic Village for the sake of the athletes who are still competing," she says. "Because you want to enjoy all the fun parties and really enjoy the Olympics, but you do not want to take away from the athletes who are still competing."

Runner Allyson Felix - a track and field sensation in four Olympics between 2004 and 2016, with six gold medals ahead of her fifth showing in Tokyo - says something similar.

"Everyone always assumes it's like this big party and this really crazy place, and I think the real thing is it's just a mix of a lot of different people," she told PEOPLE. For example, she says, there will be athletes whose real victory was earning an Olympic berth in the first place, so they look to soak up more of the atmosphere of the Games.

For others, however, being on the podium is the only thing on their mind.

The Rooms Aren't as Fancy as You Might Think

It's best to imagine the athletes' accommodations as a large network of college dorm rooms or suites, Felix says. And, just like most dorms, the athletes' rooms are "very spartan," according to Coughlin. The beds pose a particular challenge for the taller athletes - think Nathan Adrian or Matthew Grevers - who get around the issue with extenders.

"Here you are at the hardest competition of your life and you have a twin bed," Felix says.

Dorm rules apply in other ways, too, she and Coughlin say: The athletes - from different age groups and backgrounds - share rooms, common areas and bathrooms. They are grouped by sport, taking up blocks or floors of rooms. Some of the Olympians are in their teens, others in their 30s.

"You might have someone who's just out of high school and you might have someone who has a whole family," Felix says. For a few weeks, they're roommates.
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At Coughlin's first two Games, in Athens and Beijing, she says their bathroom didn't even have a bathtub, creating a bit of a hazard for the female swimmers all staying together (and who had to shave regularly).

She says she learned to bring a lot of photos with her from home - plus some painter's tape - to add personality to her space. Otherwise, with all the white walls, "it can seem like a hospital room."

A recent media tour of the Tokyo Olympic Village offered a look at the cafeteria, bedrooms (two beds each) and crisscrossing wood beam flourishes of the decor, as well as COVID-19 countermeasures. The complex reportedly includes some 3,600 rooms for 11,000 athletes.

Yes, They Do All Run Into One Another All the Time

Coughlin says the best spot to be in the village is usually the cafeteria. Not only does it provide a place to intermingle with the rest of the athletes from your country, it's a great opportunity for people-watching. One of Coughlin's favorite games? Guessing a person's sport based on their body type. (The basketball players usually give themselves away.)

She says the cafeteria is "gigantic" and likens it, in terms of scale, to a wholesaler like Costco. With few exceptions, it's the only grub game available.

"If you go at peak times, it's maybe one of the craziest experiences I've ever had," rugby player Jessica Javelet told the Washington Post in 2016.

"We'd graze over our food for hours watching all the eye candy, wondering why I got married," soccer gold medalist Julie Foudy told ESPN in 2012.

The food on offer spans the world, Coughlin says. When it comes time to finding a seat, high-school logic kicks in: Over time, the same athletes will sit at the same tables.

During downtime, the athletes can gather in lounges to watch other competitions, to call home or just to hang out and play a game. In Beijing, Coughlin remembers there being a lounge pool for the swimmers and other athletes - they called it the "discotheque pool." In Rio in 2016, one such lounge was stocked with "free condoms, Dance Dance Revolution and all the limited edition athlete-only golden Coca-Cola bottles you can get your hands on," Greek runner Alexi Pappas told The New York Times.

Given all this proximity, it's inevitable for athletes of all kinds to cross paths.

Coughlin shares this story: While in London for the 2012 Games, at one point applause broke out at the arrival of a group of people. Coughlin assumed it was one of the British royals - "and it ended up being Usain Bolt and his hype man."

Felix has also had her run-ins: In 2008, she came across the entire U.S. men's basketball team, featuring Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade. In Rio eight years later, the ladies' gymnastics team was staying a few floors away.

"It's always funny because the village is such a mix of people," Felix says.

Sometimes this even sparks a romantic connection: Cyclist Taylor Phinney told ESPN in 2012 how he wooed gymnast Shawn Johnson in Beijing in part by throwing her up candy bars from the balcony of his room one floor below.

About That 'Extremely Long Line' at McDonald's

There are a variety of explanations about McDonald's' longtime popularity among athletes at the Olympics, but they basically all boil down to this: Fast food is comfort food, it tastes like America, it's readily available and it's free ( within reason).

"It's one of the most popular stops at the village, always an extremely long line, and I think it's just about what you know," Felix says. "Sometimes when you're just across the world, you want something that you know exactly what it's going to taste like."

Even Coughlin, who notes that she's not a regular fast-food person, couldn't resist a regular Egg McMuffin. And it's not just the Americans: When TIME's Sean Gregory surveyed the members of a typically winding line at the Rio location in 2016, he got a range of responses from athletes from Malta, Montenegro and elsewhere.

"This is like confessing my guilt to a priest," Maltese swimmer Nicola Muscat told him of admitting to indulging.

Egypt's Mohad Ishak was perhaps most direct, telling Gregory: "The food in the dining hall is not good. And I have to eat something."

They aren't a sponsor at the Tokyo Games at all, having shifted their "priorities" and ending a 41-year deal amid changing business needs, as they explained in 2017.

'There's a Lot of Sex'

It may be the stuff of gossip and titillation, but the fact remains that many in the Olympic Village do use the close-quarters as a chance to get very personal with some of their fellow competitors.

Many of those athletes spoke at length to ESPN about their excursions for a 2012 piece. Among the anecdotes recounted was a days-long gathering during the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, complete with "an Oakley duffel bag overflowing with condoms."

"There's a lot of sex going on," two-time gold medaling soccer player Hope Solo told ESPN. Swimmer Ryan Lochte, who has six gold medals over four Olympics, put the exact amount at "70 percent to 75 percent of Olympians."

"It's like the first day of college," water polo player Tony Azevedo said of those first few days all together in the athlete village. "You're nervous, super excited. Everyone's meeting people and trying to hook up with someone."

It's "a pretty wild scene, the biggest melting pot you've been in," said swimmer Eric Shanteau. To accommodate, officials provide tens of thousands of condoms, such as 450,000 condoms for the Rio Games, USA Today reported.

Meanwhile, for the Tokyo Summer Games, the environmentally conscious cardboard beds for athletes briefly stirred rumors they were actually designed to discourage sexual activity. (Not so.)

"Everyone talks about how there are so many condoms for each athlete, but they don't just give them to you," Swiss swimmer Alexandre Haldemann told USAT. "You have to go and get them yourself, and you can take as many as you want."

Felix tells PEOPLE the level of shenanigans, such as they are, varies depending on the athletes involved and if they've already competed or not or what their priorities are. "You can kind of find everything," she says.

According to Coughlin, the rule is usually that after an athlete finishes competing, it's best to vacate the village so that they can party and stay out late without disturbing others.

What all of this adds up to - romps and romance or not - is an experience unlike any other and one that is inaccessible to all but a select few.

"You get to meet people from all over the world that typically you wouldn't even come into contact with," Felix says. "To me that's one of the coolest things ... Being with people from other countries, all having to be together, is a really special experience."
To learn more about Team USA, visit TeamUSA.org. Watch the Tokyo Olympics beginning July 23rd and the Tokyo Paralympics beginning August 24th on NBC.

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'There's a Lot of Sex': Past Gold Medalists Dish on What It's Really Like Inside the Olympic Village

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Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2018 and has been updated with information about the Tokyo Summer Games. There are probably as many stories about the Olympic Village as there are athletes who stay there.

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