The Incredible Logistics of the Tokyo Olympics

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Komentáře • 1,6K

  • @njaaknifen
    @njaaknifen Před 2 lety +6177

    The irony of McDonalds giving out food for free in an athletic village...

    • @penguinpingu3807
      @penguinpingu3807 Před 2 lety +570

      smart move they wont waste much money for giving out free food, while getting some shitload of publicity

    • @noahxxzo
      @noahxxzo Před 2 lety +204

      @@penguinpingu3807 I don't think McDonald's needs more publicity lmao, I'm pretty sure they're #1 fast food chain internationally or at least close to #1
      Edit: also yes, it is technically a loss for McDonald's to give out free food for the athletes. Idk what u
      mean by "they won't waste much money giving out food for free"

    • @ZeeBri
      @ZeeBri Před 2 lety +467

      Don't be stupid. It tastes good and they need calories. It's not like they're going to suck down a big mac then sit in their room on their pc all day

    • @SayYourSomething
      @SayYourSomething Před 2 lety +39

      @@penguinpingu3807 You speak as if McDonalds is this small mom and pop business

    • @noahxxzo
      @noahxxzo Před 2 lety +230

      @@ZeeBri yes because McDonald's is the most healthy source of calories that professional athletes have access to. Also McDonald's doesn't taste that good idk what your on lmao.

  • @tsakeboya
    @tsakeboya Před 2 lety +2427

    IOC whenever they need a new facility:
    *Fuck it, build a new city*

    • @agentofashcroft
      @agentofashcroft Před 2 lety +146

      ioc is so corrupt

    • @dojokonojo
      @dojokonojo Před 2 lety +31

      LA and Paris: We have no such weakness

    • @ikeekieeki
      @ikeekieeki Před 2 lety +8

      just raze existing living structures! - IOC, every time

    • @lisasforehead6043
      @lisasforehead6043 Před 2 lety +2

      @@dojokonojo it will be tough for Paris to do so

    • @ZOCCOK
      @ZOCCOK Před 2 lety +30

      @@ikeekieeki lol true, it would be just more cost effective and even better to just have a permanent Olympic event in a dedicated city ever year.
      It can even be on Olympus, the place where the Olympics originated

  • @DMSMedia
    @DMSMedia Před 2 lety +1443

    I'd love to see "The Incredible Logistics of producing a Wendover Productions video" next

    • @camoboy3116
      @camoboy3116 Před 2 lety +6

      Yes please

    • @Steentje06
      @Steentje06 Před 2 lety +27

      Guy probably hires a guy who then in turn hires a couple Indian guys or girls with excellent English, who then proceed to write-up most info and then he records the voice over and adds jokes. Much the same for the editor I imagine.

    • @wuzzabug
      @wuzzabug Před 2 lety +38

      That sounds like a better suited video for that guy over at Half As Interesting

    • @JoshuaGoudreau
      @JoshuaGoudreau Před 2 lety +1

      @@wuzzabug Yeah, that guy is way better (I almost said 'way more interesting' but I couldn't figure out a way to work the joke)

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +1

      And reveal all his secrets?

  • @jzph
    @jzph Před 2 lety +3380

    When you see “The incredible logistics of” you know it’ll be a good video!

    • @charlesevanshughes3638
      @charlesevanshughes3638 Před 2 lety +8

      @hv a gooday Go to hell.

    • @tolep
      @tolep Před 2 lety +1

      It wasn't. Just reading a bunch of numbers from publicly available document.

    • @jzph
      @jzph Před 2 lety +31

      @@tolep cry about it

    • @mikehawk2610
      @mikehawk2610 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jzph do you like it when people spam their non related content?

    • @serg9320
      @serg9320 Před 2 lety +1

      Always a fantastic watch

  • @kevindillon6203
    @kevindillon6203 Před 2 lety +666

    I wonder if the ice cream machine at the Olympic village McDonald’s works.

    • @ikeekieeki
      @ikeekieeki Před 2 lety +44

      depends on if they have to have it serviced by Taylor's favorite colluders i mean technicians

    • @jeffreypierson2064
      @jeffreypierson2064 Před 2 lety +13

      I forget who did the video, but I watched one on this. The "cleaning" cycle is a heat sanitation cycle. If there is too much ice cream mix in the machine, it doesn't all get hot enough. That then is reported to the workers in an unclear message. So just remove some mix if the cleaning fails.

    • @ikeekieeki
      @ikeekieeki Před 2 lety +26

      it was Johnny Harris who did the video - really good investigative reporting !

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jeffreypierson2064 Unclear error reports. Well that's some place I have definitely been to.

    • @iwillchangemynamelater6290
      @iwillchangemynamelater6290 Před 2 lety +16

      the ice cream machine not working is mostly an american problem

  • @Simon_GH
    @Simon_GH Před 2 lety +2190

    Wow didn't know the Olympics use OBS to stream the games

  • @moorephasiaj.3430
    @moorephasiaj.3430 Před 2 lety +1075

    I have 0 involvement in any kind of official logistics of any kind but man, do I love these videos for some reason

  • @SuperSmashDolls
    @SuperSmashDolls Před 2 lety +2383

    Tokyo: "We sent in a 2020 Olympics bid to show the world we recovered from the Tohoku Earthquake"
    2020: sup fam

    • @stansman5461
      @stansman5461 Před 2 lety +55

      I had to look up if the olympics even took place cause the year was too crazy.

    • @josephboen178
      @josephboen178 Před 2 lety +43

      Got slapped then proceed to got kicked

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop Před 2 lety +12

      worse yet, the Tokyo Olympiad is still being marketed as the 2020's even as they haven't yet occurred as I type this....

    • @EE-sw3uh
      @EE-sw3uh Před 2 lety +24

      @@syxepop Euro 2020 did the same

    • @bgl11
      @bgl11 Před 2 lety +2

      The Olympics: unimaginable complexity! Tokyo: best I can do is no spectators, and no international visitors.

  • @iancypes5911
    @iancypes5911 Před 2 lety +862

    6:27 The 2028 situation was even worse than you think. Los Angeles had bid for the 2024 Olympics. The IOC chose Paris instead but were so afraid that no one would bid for 2028 that they gave 2028 to LA 4 years early because they liked both cities' bids

    • @purplerabbit638
      @purplerabbit638 Před 2 lety +71

      @@Crinjal_2611 ya and they organized the only profitable Olympics to date.

    • @iancypes5911
      @iancypes5911 Před 2 lety +189

      @@Crinjal_2611 IOC was likely afraid of the USA not even bothering to bid. New York lost out on 2012, Chicago got rejected in 2016, and no American city even bothered for 2020. The IOC didn't want to drive away it's biggest financial contributor by completely rejecting all of its largest, most capible cities

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +60

      I just want to know what would happen if no city bid.

    • @Yeldren
      @Yeldren Před 2 lety +156

      They half gave Paris 2024 because Paris hosted the 1924 Olympics and pretty much everyone figured it would be nice if they were able to host an Olympics 100 years later.

    • @albertsun3393
      @albertsun3393 Před 2 lety +81

      @@Crinjal_2611 California being California, there was likely to be (and still probably is) massive backlash to the costs surrounding the Olympic games. LA is busy enough as-is and the traffic caused by the Olympic games would make it worse.

  • @ThomasNing
    @ThomasNing Před 2 lety +459

    Dude, I grew up in the Sydney Olympic village. The whole area is very well utilised, event-wise and liveability-wise.

    • @TheActualDP
      @TheActualDP Před 2 lety +8

      As someone who once made use of the area every month or so, I think it's a bit too liveable if you know what I mean.

    • @PeterDavid7KQ201
      @PeterDavid7KQ201 Před 2 lety +6

      Isn't that what he said in the video?

    • @MORErings
      @MORErings Před 2 lety +1

      So is the olympic park in East London

    • @bostonblackie9503
      @bostonblackie9503 Před 2 lety +4

      It is my understanding the Sydney Olympic cost was way beyond the esstamate, as is the usual case!

    • @Abigail-hu5wf
      @Abigail-hu5wf Před 2 lety +24

      And, in a topical twist, the olympic park is currently being used to provide COVID vaccinations! I got my vaccination in the olympic park :D It's a fantastically-utilised space all told.

  • @lukem3720
    @lukem3720 Před 2 lety +513

    10 years later we still got a chart topping song about rolling in the deep

  • @mattdog471
    @mattdog471 Před 2 lety +540

    $19,000 for an internet connection. Sounds like my internet provider.

    • @crazychinese7315
      @crazychinese7315 Před 2 lety +21

      The head of Olympic financial department (or accounting, can't really remember).. it was a guy in charge of money in Japan's Olympic program, and he jumped the rail a couple of months ago.. Give you an idea of where those money went

    • @ADefenestrator
      @ADefenestrator Před 2 lety +12

      For that price, you should get something close to a 100Gb link, not 100Mb. Surprised they don't at least have a 1Gb option so they can run >2 4K streams

    • @AnthonyClauser
      @AnthonyClauser Před 2 lety +1

      Think of the IOC like Disney, and the broadcast networks like the guests.

    • @YukariAkiyama
      @YukariAkiyama Před 2 lety +1

      For 30 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload at that price, too.

    • @cheesebusiness
      @cheesebusiness Před 2 lety +1

      It’s a pretty good price for 20Mbps connection

  • @randomvibinguy1306
    @randomvibinguy1306 Před 2 lety +688

    „The First Season of Game of Thrones is on the way of becomming a tv phenomenon, Osama bin Laden has been killed by Navy Seals“ That escalated quickly

    • @willblack8575
      @willblack8575 Před 2 lety +8

      Fake news, throw the body in the ocean, sure sure

    • @jorenvanderark3567
      @jorenvanderark3567 Před 2 lety +45

      @@willblack8575
      If it had been fake the the guy would have gone on TV if only to embarass the Americans, he hasn't therefore he isn't!

    • @helper_bot
      @helper_bot Před 2 lety +26

      @L Train45 oh well im sure the entire internet wouldn't say that sentence ever again in history after your complaint

    • @ofrikirshen3071
      @ofrikirshen3071 Před 2 lety +8

      @L Train45 that escalated quickly

    • @mechanomics2649
      @mechanomics2649 Před 2 lety +1

      @L Train45 The internet, or world for that matter, doesn't revolve around you, princess.

  • @tellmeaboutit691
    @tellmeaboutit691 Před 2 lety +98

    You forgot to mention how Japanese people here hate the idea of Olympics now. Right in the middle of pandemic. Japan has been very slow in vaccine rollout and the number of new cases is escalating rather quickly. People in Tokyo have been under a state of emergency for the past 3 month (now will be 4 with the Olympics period) with limited freedom of movement but the city is apparently ready to host the largest event in the world.

    • @SpectacularLeigh
      @SpectacularLeigh Před 2 lety +22

      This is hugely overlooked, this video seems to willingfully gloss over negative impacts of the event.
      Granted this is a logistics video it's fun to point at big numbers, I'm left feeling like I got a dose of propoganda.
      What is the proof that olympics is actually good for a city compared to a city without olympics?

    • @tellmeaboutit691
      @tellmeaboutit691 Před 2 lety +7

      @@SpectacularLeigh As the video mentioned the demand to host the games is decreasing. After Tokyo Olympics it will decrease further I think

    • @SpectacularLeigh
      @SpectacularLeigh Před 2 lety +11

      @@tellmeaboutit691 Brisbane, Australia is taking on 2032. Yet it just feels like the bids are about whoever is willing to show up to be the next guinea pig.

    • @calvinmitchell141
      @calvinmitchell141 Před 2 lety +1

      @@SpectacularLeigh it’s because people are selfish and don’t want to invest in something unless it directly benefits them

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 Před 2 lety +1

      Heard people in Japan have also been ignoring the government's advice to avoid travelling between cities too though? e.g. during Golden Week (maybe to express displeasure at the government, or due to fatigue with pandemic restrictions?) & sports venues e.g. baseball are still allowed to have spectators

  • @smileyeagle1021
    @smileyeagle1021 Před 2 lety +15

    I think Salt Lake City was incredibly smart in how they handled the construction of the Olympic Village. The University of Utah needed new student housing, so they built the Olympic Village in such a way that all they had to do once the athletes moved out was to take down all the signs indicating it was the Olympic Village and viola, new student housing.

  • @niklaswag
    @niklaswag Před 2 lety +185

    I just imagine they sit in the OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Services) setting up their multicam live stream set up using OBS (Open Braodcaster Software) like every live streamer on Twitch :D

  • @Stazariii
    @Stazariii Před 2 lety +34

    As a Sydneysider I never knew Olympic Park was special for how successful it's been post Olympics. Certainly been taking it for granted!

  • @ksmurphable
    @ksmurphable Před 2 lety +138

    Now we need a logistics of the Olympic Games from the teams perspective how do they get all the sail boats and other large equipment to all these places can’t be easy.

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 Před 2 lety +6

      I bet it would end up being similar to F1 logistics for fly away races

    • @alias_not_needed
      @alias_not_needed Před 2 lety +9

      In rowing they usually pack their boats in special racks that can be transportet in standard shipping containers. When you can get there over land, they use special trailer. That trailers are used for the normal regattas and worldcups anyway.

    • @karenhaller9988
      @karenhaller9988 Před 2 lety +1

      I've always wondered: How do they transport horses for equestrian events? Do they make special horse size jets? How can they train an animal to calmly sit through something like that?

    • @alias_not_needed
      @alias_not_needed Před 2 lety +1

      @@karenhaller9988 was that irony? never seen a horse trailer on the road? i don't know anything about horses, but i guess they get trained to do that stuff and/or the get used to it.

    • @karenhaller9988
      @karenhaller9988 Před 2 lety

      @@alias_not_needed You can't take a trailer across an ocean to Tokyo. And I suppose you could use a boat, but keeping a horse happy in a boat for weeks on end would be challenging too.

  • @americanpaisareturns9051
    @americanpaisareturns9051 Před 2 lety +99

    Brazil serves as a great example of what could happen to all the infrastructure after the Olympics have concluded.

    • @johnmccaa7232
      @johnmccaa7232 Před 2 lety +18

      Look at Atlanta Georgia

    • @jaskaransingh8664
      @jaskaransingh8664 Před 2 lety

      Yeah true

    • @aperson5994
      @aperson5994 Před 2 lety +5

      What could ?
      Meaning they did it badly ? Or meaning they genuinely did it well ? Or that they had good plans but poor execution?

    • @johnmccaa7232
      @johnmccaa7232 Před 2 lety +22

      @@aperson5994 the huge money dump into infrastructure then everything is abandoned after and then you have a high crime area with no business or good housing.

    • @iancypes5911
      @iancypes5911 Před 2 lety +11

      @@plutomatters9776 Sarajevo had all it's venues bombed/shelled in a civil war. Of course they've decayed

  • @nope2dat
    @nope2dat Před 2 lety +234

    The Olympics only occurs in one city historically cos they were tied to worlds fairs which no longer happen. I think they could definitely keep each games having an individual identity while reducing the cost by spreading future games over whole countries like world cups do. Imagine for a country like the UK you could build one venue and one far smaller village (2000 people instead of 1600 for example) in each of London, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester and Leeds. Then each city could afford the cost and find far more uses for their venue or housing complexes after the games rather than be stuck with so many white elephants

    • @samasher5370
      @samasher5370 Před 2 lety +1

      What's world fairs

    • @nerdistry
      @nerdistry Před 2 lety +28

      That's a great idea, as it would contribute to development outside of the capital as well, which is something many countries are struggling to get done these days.

    • @kristamehanikova4720
      @kristamehanikova4720 Před 2 lety +34

      @@samasher5370 the thing the Eiffel tower was built for

    • @alias_not_needed
      @alias_not_needed Před 2 lety +16

      I agree. There are some sports that are very tricky to hold a good event. Rowing is such a sport. You need a 2km long piece of water, that is ideally protected from wind. Olympic rowing boats are not built for wavy conditions. So the olympic rowing course in rio was a desaster. There are many artificial created basins for rowing events. Would be much nicer to use them instead. I guess the same goes for sailing, surfing, wild water canoing etc. They all need certain conditions and are held outside the olympic villages anyway, i guess.
      But than it would be more about the sport and the athletes and not so much about media and money. Who would want such a thing?

    • @emilioalban1234
      @emilioalban1234 Před 2 lety +2

      I think it would make sense to do it per state in the US, but other than that I agree with you.

  • @genrikblazevic3866
    @genrikblazevic3866 Před 2 lety +118

    Was looking for something to watch during my meal. Thanks for the timely upload! :D

  • @gentlegiant4067
    @gentlegiant4067 Před 2 lety +91

    Honestly I can't wait for the video about the logistics of the World Cup. The most watched sporting event in history and the logistics must be insane, especially with the expanded 40 teams for the 2026 World Cup and three nations hosting it for the first time. Stadiums, food supply, travel, hotels, stadiums, etc.

    • @msgpatient7850
      @msgpatient7850 Před 2 lety +9

      Doing it for this Euro could be nice especially because of the circumstances but i doubt an american would talk about it.

    • @richkidnl9079
      @richkidnl9079 Před 2 lety +8

      Football is the biggest sport in the world and like OP said it’s the most watched event in the world so it would make a good vid definitely

    • @michaelrossevans
      @michaelrossevans Před 2 lety

      They're just using Toronto and Edmonton in Canada here

    • @thankuslay6766
      @thankuslay6766 Před 2 lety +1

      While most of American: the biggest sport event is super bowl🤣🤣🤣

    • @manuelsaal9331
      @manuelsaal9331 Před 2 lety +1

      Quite similar to olympcs but on a bit smaller scale. Same as for Olympic games, there is a specific company which has the broadcast rights for the world cup and they distribute this to the rest of the world channels

  • @prettypic444
    @prettypic444 Před 2 lety +29

    I’m from Los Angeles, and basically the whole argument for us hosting was “well, we’ve already got the facilities- might as well use them.” (I’m still skeptical about the impact on our already horrific transit system/traffic though)

    • @Zeoytaccount
      @Zeoytaccount Před 2 lety +8

      It might help to improve the metro system though! I hear they’re going to bum-rush development to meet the deadlines for the Olympics.

    • @prettypic444
      @prettypic444 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Zeoytaccount I certainly hope so! It feels like they’ve been working on the purple line extension for decades!

  • @Kriae
    @Kriae Před 2 lety +20

    There's also the gigantic amount of condoms they need to provide to the olympic village

    • @HaydnGittemeier
      @HaydnGittemeier Před 2 lety +4

      What do you expect from the worlds most fit and talented young people?

  • @Zachruff
    @Zachruff Před 2 lety +44

    My sister works for the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and was supposed to be present at these olympics as she was one of the main planners for the volleyball, but sadly they arent allowing most staff to travel there anymore (which is probably a good thing)

    • @noobnoob8138
      @noobnoob8138 Před 2 lety +8

      As a resident of Japan it's def a good thing (though I wish it wasn't the case and she could come). As things are now us residents of Japan are having these games forced down our throats. I've never seen the majority of Japanese so angry at having their voices dismissed by the IOC and JOC.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 2 lety

      @@noobnoob8138 Why weren't the Japanese more vocal about their refusal to support the bid back in 2010?

    • @tyreekbtb
      @tyreekbtb Před 2 lety +9

      @@RaymondHng Cause covid and state of emergencies weren't a thing taking place back then 👀 weird question

    • @ZOCCOK
      @ZOCCOK Před 2 lety +7

      @@RaymondHng things were a lot different 10 years ago, for example you were 10 years younger back then, it's just a small example but you can see how different it was

    • @ZOCCOK
      @ZOCCOK Před 2 lety

      @@RaymondHng secondly politicians who are eager to the next big thing to get clout without thinking about the repercussions

  • @ProjektKlover
    @ProjektKlover Před 2 lety +30

    The fact that humans are able to organize and create all of this is mind-blowing to me.

    • @Lance3015
      @Lance3015 Před 2 lety +2

      step by step i guess.
      i know what you mean, how did anything at all of todays world emerge. it leaves one thinking

  • @herzogsbuick
    @herzogsbuick Před 2 lety +7

    14:53 Electric Kettle for $23? Pretty damn reasonable, especially at an event like the Olympics
    "Thank you for the kettle! Where do I plug it in?" "Right over here, for only $876!" 14:05

  • @petermario191
    @petermario191 Před 2 lety +3

    Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics was a huge economic success for the state of Utah. The exposure to how great Park City is alone boosted the tourism, ski resort success, coinciding housing market in surrounding areas, etc.. The annual Sundance Film Festival took off to new levels since then, and venues are used for a variety of purposes all throughout SLC, Park City and Provo. One of the few notable successes in recent Olympic history.

  • @PeePoolOfficial
    @PeePoolOfficial Před 2 lety +103

    Anything: *moves
    Wendover: *inhales

  • @sam08g16
    @sam08g16 Před 2 lety +119

    It took me 45 minutes to realize he was referring to Turin, Italy.

    • @darraghmckenna9127
      @darraghmckenna9127 Před 2 lety +11

      Same ! Wasn’t the Olympic village in Torino really shoddily built ? I remember seeing some of the housing in terrible condition and that was back in 2014

    • @Sagittarius-A-Star
      @Sagittarius-A-Star Před 2 lety +6

      @@darraghmckenna9127 Probably quality construction by your local Mafia bureau.

    • @IlleScrutator
      @IlleScrutator Před 2 lety +2

      @@darraghmckenna9127 Not really, the video make it seem like all the villages were at the end a waste of money and space, but all of them except one were readily converted to normal housing from the beginning, even becoming a very enjoyable place; all except the Turin one, that was in fact left derelict until last year, when works began to convert it to house university students and young workers.

    • @darraghmckenna9127
      @darraghmckenna9127 Před 2 lety

      @@IlleScrutator the one across from Lingotto right ?

    • @IlleScrutator
      @IlleScrutator Před 2 lety +1

      @@darraghmckenna9127 Yep exactly that one, the others were in a couple little villages close to the mountains

  • @thegunslinger1363
    @thegunslinger1363 Před 2 lety +179

    It's sad that after the Olympics are over. Most of the venues are not used.

    • @silentkilla14
      @silentkilla14 Před 2 lety +39

      Except for London 2012... Everything was useful after the games.

    • @deyesed
      @deyesed Před 2 lety +20

      Montreal's Olympic park area is well integrated too.

    • @deliciousnoodles5505
      @deliciousnoodles5505 Před 2 lety +29

      Depends on the country really... though generally more often than not that's the case.

    • @juch3
      @juch3 Před 2 lety +35

      Japan barely built any new venues because what they needed has already been built in the previous one or some years before 2020

    • @glue_ostrich9600
      @glue_ostrich9600 Před 2 lety +27

      @You Tube tell that to the us military

  • @CigaretteSmokingGuy
    @CigaretteSmokingGuy Před 2 lety +211

    You're overselling Homebush in Sydney. There are no upscale hotels there, it's quite bleak and the events are pretty crap.

    • @benmanning6649
      @benmanning6649 Před 2 lety

      Wow rude :(

    • @soccch
      @soccch Před 2 lety +83

      I lived in Homebush for 6 months as part of a work commitment in 2019. It's...fine. It's not really bleak, but it does feel really impersonal with how much everything is spaced out. It's like living in stretched suburbia.
      I think Sam's playing it up, but by comparison, it's a hell of a lot better than the other recent deals.

    • @pacificvibes7904
      @pacificvibes7904 Před 2 lety +9

      Sydney Olympic Park/homebush area, has 2 hotels and lot of cafes. I lived there for a year. Its not that bad, honestly.

    • @emanueldobos8452
      @emanueldobos8452 Před 2 lety +31

      Weird how he didn’t mention London 2012. It really reinvigorated east London, I was under the impression it was one of the most successful olympics.

    • @Zveebo
      @Zveebo Před 2 lety +34

      Sydney’s conversion is not exactly a failure, but it’s not an outstanding success either. I suspect Wendover just wanted to avoid using London, as its used so damn often as the one example of a really good use of the Olympic site and village.

  • @WillTellU
    @WillTellU Před 2 lety +270

    I think the logistics are very credible.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah, seems like the IOC made a really clear-cut document to cite.

    • @0xszander0
      @0xszander0 Před 2 lety +2

      I think the incredible part is bringing it all together..

  • @koreajong
    @koreajong Před 2 lety +35

    Sam: I'm fluent in 3 languages.
    Also Sam: Ae-thernet plug

  • @user-ik2lh9hz6g
    @user-ik2lh9hz6g Před 2 lety

    Honestly, this video and topic (and my devotion to this channel of course) made me finally sign up for the curiosity stream / nebula bundle! I'm so excited to check it out! Been thinking about it for years now! OP, as always, great videos, much appreciated! Take care!

  • @alenomadedigitale
    @alenomadedigitale Před 2 lety +6

    Being from Turin, Italy, I really appreciate that you pointed out the disastrous waste of time and money that the Winter Olympics were for out city!

  • @DaveP258
    @DaveP258 Před 2 lety +5

    Great video!
    Small correction: Broadcaster like BBC, NBC,... actually do send camera crews out to film the events as well. Be it to get another additional angle (and doing interviews directly afterwards in the Mixed Zone) or to have better coverage of certain athletes.
    Sometimes in case there are two disciplines happening at the same time in the same venue, the world feed will only include one and the camera crew will be responsible to cover the other discipline.

  • @enriquecguerra
    @enriquecguerra Před 2 lety +39

    It's really a shame that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted this incredibly elaborated event

    • @nunyabusiness8538
      @nunyabusiness8538 Před 2 lety +5

      thanks china

    • @stevedong5117
      @stevedong5117 Před 2 lety

      @@nunyabusiness8538 you're welcome, loser.

    • @thankuslay6766
      @thankuslay6766 Před 2 lety

      Japan is so unfortunate, because big sport event like Olympic, world cup and Asian Games could attract tourists.

  • @milgrim
    @milgrim Před 2 lety +1

    You got me so interested in what is happening to the Olympic villages after the event and after that even answered it for the few cases.
    Good episode, thanks!

  • @GurukiranS
    @GurukiranS Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for all the effort you put into making these videos. They are simply great.

  • @DerDoktory
    @DerDoktory Před 2 lety +124

    Ah McDonalds, the perfect food for athletes :D

    • @gargravarr2
      @gargravarr2 Před 2 lety +2

      They certainly need the calories.

    • @Zveebo
      @Zveebo Před 2 lety +19

      Usain Bolt used to eat McDonalds pretty regularly. Athletes usually aren’t as picky about individual items of food as you might expect - for a sprinter, so long as its got plenty of protein and calories to compensate for the huge amount of training they’re doing, it’s mostly fine.

    • @Morbuto
      @Morbuto Před 2 lety +18

      @@Zveebo it’s also generally very safe food… getting food poisoning from eating unfamiliar food is not great for athletic performance. Still I’m sure some of the more high-profile athletes now have very specific dietary plans.

    • @tolep
      @tolep Před 2 lety +2

      It's healthy, balanced food. (Except shakes and sodas)

    • @user-hw5ie8kh5w
      @user-hw5ie8kh5w Před 2 lety +1

      Fastfood is bad if you're not burning the calories, it's very dense in calories and definitely not meant to be eaten regularly. Plus not all McDonald's are unhealthy, maybe you guys don't have good regulations.

  • @freddytang2128
    @freddytang2128 Před 2 lety +4

    from a purely financial basis, it makes most sense for a handful of larger, experienced cities like Beijing to rotate the olympics between them, instead of asking new cities to spend billions building new facilities each time

  • @ekuche8335
    @ekuche8335 Před 2 lety

    Love your logistic videos!!! MOREEEEE

  • @arindamghosal8337
    @arindamghosal8337 Před 2 lety

    Awesome details and content..Great work.

  • @evivox
    @evivox Před 2 lety +18

    You should make a video about the effort that is being put in Eurovision.

  • @smallstudiodesign
    @smallstudiodesign Před 2 lety +94

    Meanwhile, Adele’s song, “ *Rolling in the Deep* “ will be Japan’s anthem after the Tokyo Olympics … as they’re saddled with the incredible burden of debt.

    • @ikeekieeki
      @ikeekieeki Před 2 lety +7

      plus covid cases due to a shallow vaccine rollout

    • @fazzlit
      @fazzlit Před 2 lety +2

      Lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @nayeemhaider8367
      @nayeemhaider8367 Před 2 lety +6

      The Debt isnt much of a problem though since virtually all of it is owned by Japanese people. A Greece-like situation could only happen if Japan owed its debt to foreigners (like the Greeks do to the Germans)

    • @spreadinghumour
      @spreadinghumour Před 2 lety +2

      *"Whatchu know about rolling down in the deep"*
      Sorry it had to be done

  • @smooth2477
    @smooth2477 Před 2 lety

    It’s amazing how this video was put together. Amazing thank you

  • @B4DGU7
    @B4DGU7 Před 2 lety

    Absolutely love the effort, keep it up!

  • @fyodor_ivanovich
    @fyodor_ivanovich Před 2 lety +162

    “Eh-thernet”
    that was painful

    • @ch3burashka
      @ch3burashka Před 2 lety +11

      He meant "aethernet" - no other medium can carry that much bandwidth.

    • @NatureXwars
      @NatureXwars Před 2 lety +6

      That's how I say it.

    • @Shargur
      @Shargur Před 2 lety +4

      Have you heard of the "Chair-oh-key" tribe though?? That's how he pronounced Cherokee in the Navajo Nation video...

    • @timlash
      @timlash Před 2 lety +1

      @@Shargur Yeah, he's just trolling us now. This one and that one had to be intentional.

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 Před 2 lety +38

    I remember being hyped about this in 2016. Man its going go be interesting given todays context.

  • @timberwolfe1645
    @timberwolfe1645 Před 2 lety +2

    Simply amazing video. They should show this at the games to show how much work Tokyo has put into it

  • @rigxter1639
    @rigxter1639 Před 2 lety

    Great video as always.

  • @StridesandSummits
    @StridesandSummits Před 2 lety +13

    "McDonald's provides athletes with food for free" are the 7 words that will shatter at least one athlete's Olympic dreams this year

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 2 lety

      There is a dining hall. Search CZcams for "Olympic dining hall" and you will see from the athletes' vlogs tours of the dining hall and that there are food choices other than McDonald's.

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 Před 2 lety

      @@RaymondHng Meanwhile S Korea chose to self-cater their own food instead by flying in chefs to a hotel that they'd booked for use as a temporary kitchen. 1 speculated reason is to snub Japan publicly, to express it's distrust that Japan's provided food isn't safe from radiation, after the meltdown of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011, with some coolant water laced with radiation leaking into the adjacent Pacific Ocean & possibly contaminating seafood caught there

  • @adewilliam9047
    @adewilliam9047 Před 2 lety +40

    >Village of Top of the Top Athletes
    >Give them free-flow McDonald's
    IOC: helth

    • @endlessrider1994
      @endlessrider1994 Před 2 lety +6

      Considering Usain Bolt famously had a pre-game diet of nothing but Chicken McNuggets before he broke the record in Beijing, that is quite funny in itself

    • @onyxzheng347
      @onyxzheng347 Před 2 lety +2

      The cash is more important

    • @shreyaspillai8421
      @shreyaspillai8421 Před 2 lety +2

      Why can I see this meme

    • @canobenitez
      @canobenitez Před 2 lety +1

      @@shreyaspillai8421 you are beyond repair now

  • @andreslopez8193
    @andreslopez8193 Před 2 lety

    As always Wendover Productions making some of the best content in CZcams. Keep up the good work!

  • @nucspartan321
    @nucspartan321 Před 2 lety

    Great video. Thank you

  • @jlee4039
    @jlee4039 Před 2 lety +47

    Lesson for the world: Dismantle the IOC and start over

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +5

      Have you tried turning it off and on again?

    • @ZOCCOK
      @ZOCCOK Před 2 lety +2

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 good advice, hope that it solves my erectile dysfunction

  • @AFAndersen
    @AFAndersen Před 2 lety +39

    "I didn't have time to make the video, so I made it for Nebula.."

  • @shlokdobhada6749
    @shlokdobhada6749 Před 2 lety

    Great research man

  • @dtvfan24
    @dtvfan24 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for this, I worked on London 2012 and just loved how the tech was used . It was last time host broadcaster was host before OBS took over

  • @CapnCody1622
    @CapnCody1622 Před rokem +6

    I was in Japan in 2016 and they were already ramping up for the Olympics then. They all seemed so excited! It sucks how it all ended up for them :(

    • @MuchWhittering
      @MuchWhittering Před rokem

      It was the same for London 2012. For years in Britain, that's all you heard about.

  • @TheSlavChef
    @TheSlavChef Před 2 lety +24

    Came for AVIATION, stayed for LOGISTICS!!!

  • @alonikan2866
    @alonikan2866 Před 2 lety

    This is the best channel on CZcams! every video is just amazing

  • @durban55
    @durban55 Před 2 lety

    I’ve been waiting for this video for so long!

  • @tornado1050
    @tornado1050 Před 2 lety +34

    14:45 I don't care about price, I just want the damn walkie talkie

  • @Josh_Fredman
    @Josh_Fredman Před 2 lety +31

    Little-Known Trivia: Many Olympic athletes eat fast food like McDonald's as part of their training diets. Sometimes they eat quite a lot of it! Many athletes will tell you that getting enough calories each day is one of the most onerous parts of their never-ending daily training regimen. Aside from a high salt content, fast food is pretty healthy if you're actually going to need the calories.

    • @hair6789
      @hair6789 Před 2 lety +6

      that isnt true at all 🤣

    • @ExitusGSZ
      @ExitusGSZ Před 2 lety +9

      Nice try, McDo rep

    • @hello-friend990
      @hello-friend990 Před 2 lety +3

      Nonsense fast food is high in saturated fats, msg, salt, is not low GIa and makes you feel bloated. It's the least healthy type of food

    • @canobenitez
      @canobenitez Před 2 lety +2

      high salt content? the fact the you didn't say sodium (what’s found in food - especially in processed food containing preservatives) but salt (what we add to our food.) makes your argument invalid. you don't know what you are talking about. Good day sir

  • @smoxalot
    @smoxalot Před 2 lety

    Yo. I watch alot of videos, but your pages feed my knowledge lust. Please don't stop your productions anytime soon man.

  • @carrottopevans
    @carrottopevans Před 2 lety

    It’s so cool how you are still recommending Nebula and Curiosity stream! Love that

  • @alphagoat2035
    @alphagoat2035 Před 2 lety +41

    imagine how much money Japan will lose for not having a live audience

    • @tolep
      @tolep Před 2 lety +2

      How much? Live audience is just a cost. In most cases.

    • @spencervance8484
      @spencervance8484 Před 2 lety +26

      @@tolep live audience needs places to eat, shop, sleep. A couple decades or more ago hosting the olympics was a massive economic boon for the host city...but as with everything prices rose significantly to the point we should consider canceling them for good

    • @tyreekbtb
      @tyreekbtb Před 2 lety +7

      @@spencervance8484 yup I was gonna go to Japan for my 21st this year but they said nah bro 💀 so that money stayed in Florida 😂

    • @spencervance8484
      @spencervance8484 Před 2 lety

      @@tyreekbtb exactly my point.

    • @SuperSMT
      @SuperSMT Před 2 lety

      Like he said, 3/4 of the money comes from TV not visitors

  • @WineZ22
    @WineZ22 Před 2 lety +7

    With the situation we are in now, more and more ciry will be cautious for participating in the Olympic.
    For future games, just re use the already existing venue.

  • @DixonLu
    @DixonLu Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the video. Would greatly appreciate a video on the logistics of the three weeks, how the athletes get to the venue (if it is not on site), how their equipment (like bikes) get there, how much food and water is consumed (and how they deliver them).

  • @joaoprado9385
    @joaoprado9385 Před 2 lety

    I learned so much by watching this ideo. Great content as always!

  • @remino
    @remino Před 2 lety +13

    The title was a polite way to say “The Incredible Mess of the Tokyo Olympics.”

  • @specialairservices7648
    @specialairservices7648 Před 2 lety +7

    Wait, free McDonalds? Ferb, I think I know what we are gonna do today

  • @cristinaf3844
    @cristinaf3844 Před 2 lety

    This was fantastic. The logistics are crazy!

  • @epiccat9740
    @epiccat9740 Před 2 lety +1

    always good content.

  • @spyrosdevaris3472
    @spyrosdevaris3472 Před 2 lety +12

    4:44 Meanwhile in an at least two dimensional world "skware miters roum."

  • @TheHipClip
    @TheHipClip Před 2 lety +9

    I watch a lot of NHK (Japan's national broadcasting service) and it's nearly indescribable how much effort the Japanese put in around the Olympics. Translating and training personnel in English wasn't even the start of it. E.g. on international maps they changed the shrine symbol, as it was a Swastika and could be misinterpreted. There were thousands of these changes and for a very traditionalist country it wasn't easy but it had to be accepted because it was for the international tourists. Now the Japanese themselves cannot enjoy their own games. I think it's just tragic.

    • @Coz131
      @Coz131 Před 2 lety +1

      Not just international tourist. For the world. Everything a physical tourist can see, everyone else around the world can due to broadcasting.

    • @Kriae
      @Kriae Před 2 lety +4

      They call it manji not swastika but your point still stands

    • @tonmor7200
      @tonmor7200 Před 2 lety

      All the while taking great pains to ensure that people can show up with the “rising sun” flags and symbols, despite objections. lol

  • @liamgeorge2307
    @liamgeorge2307 Před 2 lety

    Great video!

  • @audreybrown5901
    @audreybrown5901 Před 2 lety

    Awesome video!

  • @kaibjerget7487
    @kaibjerget7487 Před 2 lety +3

    They should designate 5 locations around the world to host the olympics, not the way that it is currently done, its not only bad for the environment, but can cause gentrification as well. It is much easier to update and modernise excisting structures in the same location from a past olympic event than to build new ones in a new city that hosted the games for the last time 60 years ago.

  • @ASilentS
    @ASilentS Před 2 lety +61

    Probably should have gone with the title "The Incredible Logistics of Why The Fuck Are We Still Doing This? Tokyo is Under Emergency Restrictions And We Could Probably Just Have Delayed it Again". But this title works too.

    • @KRBadonkadonk
      @KRBadonkadonk Před 2 lety +13

      Not to mention that 80%+ of Japanese people surveyed want the Olympics cancelled

    • @mcfarofinha134
      @mcfarofinha134 Před 2 lety +11

      We would cancel it if we could but the contract means we'd sued to all hell if we did

    • @gormauslander
      @gormauslander Před 2 lety +1

      @@mcfarofinha134 why'd they sign the dang contract then?

    • @mcfarofinha134
      @mcfarofinha134 Před 2 lety

      @@gormauslander because thats the only way to become a host in the first place ? Did you even watch the vid ?

    • @gormauslander
      @gormauslander Před 2 lety

      @@mcfarofinha134 i did. My point was that it's a huge waste of resources and the people don't want to host, so why did they apply to host?

  • @atulsachdeva1858
    @atulsachdeva1858 Před 2 lety

    I love this channel so so much

  • @eashansaju8106
    @eashansaju8106 Před 2 lety +1

    I was waiting for this since i've subscribed to this channel

  • @ElleSeven
    @ElleSeven Před 2 lety +11

    they are also going to have a kick ass mega skate park left. Can't wait for the inaugural year of SKATEBOARDING in the Olympics

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero Před 2 lety

      What's wrong with skateboarding? It's way harder than it looks.

    • @arshawitoelar7675
      @arshawitoelar7675 Před 2 lety +6

      @@Game_Hero I think they're talking about skateboarding as a good thing, they're excited about it

    • @nullvid
      @nullvid Před 2 lety

      Can you even kickflip

  • @williampoe1239
    @williampoe1239 Před 2 lety +3

    Can’t wait for la 2028 have always wanted to attend the olympics

  • @niggilywiggily
    @niggilywiggily Před 2 lety

    you have to keep doing these logistics videos they are the best

  • @neilipsen1404
    @neilipsen1404 Před 2 lety

    I was waiting for this video

  • @Jack-496
    @Jack-496 Před 2 lety +8

    Stopped everything I was doing just because of this video. Totally worth it.

  • @javianjohnson8746
    @javianjohnson8746 Před 2 lety +14

    All of this planning for an event that only last 16 days...remarkable

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 2 lety +1

      Plus 13 more days for the Paralympics.

  • @hemangchauhan2864
    @hemangchauhan2864 Před 2 lety +1

    That incredibly detailed rate card is so fascinating!

  • @fortune3911
    @fortune3911 Před 2 lety

    Amazing video

  • @HebaruSan
    @HebaruSan Před 2 lety +126

    Today's baffling mispronunciation is "ethernet"
    Well done, Wanda-fur.

  • @ikeekieeki
    @ikeekieeki Před 2 lety +29

    hosting the Olympics in such a densely populated, yet still unvaccinated, city seems like it will make the required mourning area a long-lasting fixture.

    • @ZOCCOK
      @ZOCCOK Před 2 lety +2

      IOC is prepared for anything, from making enormous losses to killing people, efficiency is the name of the game

    • @ShillienFeuer
      @ShillienFeuer Před 2 lety +1

      Tokyo is around 70% vaccinated, and Japan as whole 50% vaccinated. They are vaccinating around 1 million people a day.

    • @cart.l
      @cart.l Před 2 lety +1

      imagine being this stupid

    • @AndrewJeffersonCotter
      @AndrewJeffersonCotter Před 2 lety

      calm down doomer

    • @ikeekieeki
      @ikeekieeki Před 2 lety +2

      graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/countries-and-territories/japan/
      keep up to date following this link. the country is still not up to 30%.. if they continue to vaccinate 1 million a day it will take 22 days to raise that another 10%.

  • @milesclemente338
    @milesclemente338 Před 2 lety

    Most of the Sydney olympic venues have been turned in to amazing parks and training grounds for their sports. I cycle around the international regatta centre and school use it for rowing events.

  • @muneebak01
    @muneebak01 Před 2 lety

    This was really good. Please also create a video on the logistics of Fifa World Cup 2022!

  • @aervanath
    @aervanath Před 2 lety +3

    Man, I'm disappointed every time the video isn't about bricks.

  • @Briggie
    @Briggie Před 2 lety +4

    1:43 “One of the worlds largest cities.”
    Going by metro area, it is the world’s largest city.
    Edit: by metro area I mean metro area population.

  • @brokenhippie134
    @brokenhippie134 Před 2 lety

    So happy I subscribed to curiosity stream and nebula!

  • @gfuterfas
    @gfuterfas Před 2 lety

    Awesome content. Thanks -- this is one of your best videos. And I appreciate the lack of dad jokes every two sentences. Makes it much easier to follow than HAI. 😃