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In response to "In those days it wasn't the pinnacle of athletic perfection, it was leisure activity for gentry, amateur only so wealthy patrons etc." by zeitgeist

Lake Placid was 1980. Maybe I’m misunderstanding something. -- nm

Posted by mara (aka mara) May 6 '24, 16:34

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winter olympics were niche until 1988 at the earliest. that was the first big tv deal in a North American prime time time zone. - mafic May 6, 17:20
as Olympics host venues go, upstate New York isn't like the French Alps or the Rockies -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 16:38 5
- No kidding. I’m just thinking about infrastructure. Where did everyone fly in to? Albany? Montreal? -- nm - Volnelk May 6, 17:08 4
  - there were like 1000 athletes and they lacked a lot of the support staff they have now. plus it wasn't as big a ceremony, so way fewer hangers on. -- nm - mafic May 6, 17:21
  - fly to NYC. board a train headed upstate. -- nm - Peglegpete May 6, 17:17
  - Is this about transportation infrastructure? Yeah, I guess that’s an issue in the US. -- nm - mara May 6, 17:13 1
    - the highest elevation in the Adirondacks is only around 5k ft, which for downhill racing etc i'm surprised they could put together Olympic-level runs -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 6, 18:32
Yeah I’m confused. USA-USSR is pretty Cold War forward. -- nm - Volnelk May 6, 16:36 1
- Oh I was thinking of the first winter Olympics -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 17:21

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