Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[hckošice 16,641]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

ooops...

 

 

 

oh my dear 

 

Good thing: testing serve exactly for this. Find the eventual problems and try to fix it 

 

Bad thing: There really not a lot of time remaining and looks many things still have to be fixed and done

 

 

 

[copravolley 656]

4 minutes ago, hckošice said:

oh my dear 

 

Good thing: testing serve exactly for this. Find the eventual problems and try to fix it 

 

Bad thing: There really not a lot of time remaining and looks many things still have to be fixed and done

 

 

 

You complain about your politics, but you see what's happening here. These idiots have been debating for 25 years about building a stadium to replace the San Siro (whether it should be new, renovated, or two new ones somewhere else, etc.). The same with hockey - there were the Olympics in Turin, where there was a good ice rink, but since then there hasn't been a single match there... Now will be the same story or even worse, because they can't even get back on time (in 2006 they somehow can do it).

Edited January 9 by copravolley

[hckošice 16,641]

The other thing I do not really understand is the seats which are literally mounted on the railings

 

The people will have hard time to watch anything from there on left or right side  Looks pretty dumb place to instal seats

 

[hckošice 16,641]

Just now, copravolley said:

You complain about your politics, but you see what's happening here. These idiots have been debating for 25 years about building a stadium to replace the San Siro (whether it should be new, renovated, or two new ones somewhere else, etc.). The same with hockey - there were the Olympics in Turin, where there was a good ice rink, but since then there hasn't been a single match there... Now it's the same or even worse, because they can't even get back on time (in 2006 they somehow can do it).

oh, that is still ok comparing to us. We are building a 400km highway 30+ years now since the first stone was placed and still have only 40km done 

[copravolley 656]

4 minutes ago, hckošice said:

oh, that is still ok comparing to us. We are building a 400km highway 30+ years now since the first stone was placed and still have only 40km done 

We're building almost nothing... It's the same with football stadiums: 90% of the facilities are from the '90s and date back to the Italia '90 era. And these games simply don't make sense, because they don't even promote a sport like hockey. If they did, there should have been a good club in Turin after 2006 that would have played there, etc. Milan hasn't had a club for many years either – it`s only in Bolzano. If you did it in Bratislava, it would at least make sense, because people are interested in the sport, and something from it would stick around for the future.

Edited January 9 by copravolley

[phelps 8,766]

22 minutes ago, hckošice said:

oh my dear 

 

Good thing: testing serve exactly for this. Find the eventual problems and try to fix it 

 

Bad thing: There really not a lot of time remaining and looks many things still have to be fixed and done

 

 

 

it looks it wasn't that bad, though

 

it was quickly fixed and the game regularly came to an end

 

the real test, however, is tomorrow and sunday with 3 matches one after another (11 am, 3.30 and 8 pm)

Edited January 9 by phelps

[phelps 8,766]

1 hour ago, copravolley said:

For two long years I've been writing to you that this Olympics will be a total failure in every way and that we shouldn't organize them. This useless ice rink is the symbol of how all our preparations have gone: without a plan, without ideas, without creating new stars in various sports, etc. Nothing. The sporting results will be disastrous, and nothing will remain of these arenas, just like those of 2006. There was an ice rink in Turin, but where is it now?

you're a pessimist beyond any reasonable limit

 

the olympics are gonna be great, everything is already in place and it's not a single arena with some problems that would define the whole Games

Edited January 9 by phelps

[NearPup 4,188]

This plus the relative organizational mess that is French Alps 2030 makes me wonder in who’s cornflakes Sweden pissed to be passed up twice (losing to Milan I thought at the time and still do think was reasonable, but losing out to a French bid that wasn’t even half baked was such a joke).

[phelps 8,766]

43 minutes ago, copravolley said:

What's the point of organizing two Winter Olympics in the 21st century: 2006 and 2026, when we'll soon have no indoor speed skating track? Why? I'd rather have one such track permanently open to athletes than two of these pointless events that you do nothing- not even a good medal results.

the point are the Olympic Games themselves, the highest, most important moment the entire world of sports has

 

that's more than enough to host, even if you completely waste any chance to improve the situation of the sports in the Country, which is only a plus, not the reason

[hckošice 16,641]

9 minutes ago, copravolley said:

We're building almost nothing... It's the same with football stadiums: 90% of the facilities are from the '90s and date back to the Italia '90 era. And these games simply don't make sense, because they don't even promote a sport like hockey. If they did, there should have been a good club in Turin after 2006 that would have played there, etc. Milan hasn't had a club for many years either – it`s only in Bolzano. If you did it in Bratislava, it would at least make sense, because people are interested in the sport, and something from it would stick around for the future.

Personally I would do nothing in Bratislava 

 

Hockey maybe yes, not sure for many other sports. There no enough interest here. Majority of casual sports fans do not event know there Also other sports at the games if you ask me.