# Summer Olympics 2021 ongoing discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [July 23, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137 "2021-07-23T12:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 120
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But then if the city wants to reuse one or two venues for all of the indoor sports, they’d have to extend the games out for _months_, during which they’d still have to pay for the athletes’ lodging costs at the Olympic Village. The IOC could, of course, mitigate this by requiring the athletes to arrive so-and-so number of days before their events start and then immediately leave when they win or are eliminated, but I predict this will not go over well with the other countries. Another issue is that if the Olympics were extended to a month or more, the broadcasting networks will have a very real problem of “viewer fatigue” setting in after the first 2 - 3 weeks. I still like my proposals from a [previous post of mine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-japan-cancels-the-olympics/943038/86) the best: > [@](#): > > - A whole country bidding for the Olympics, but with multiple cities within that country hosting different events > - Multiple countries forming a “consortium” and bidding as one unit, sharing costs between them --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137)._