The New York Times called the Milan Cortina Games a logistical nightmare. Discovering that in the mountains the roads are narrow and it snows in winter, but forgetting the difficulties of the football World Cup that they will host in the summer.
The New York Times has discovered that the Milan Cortina Olympics will be spread throughout the territory and that it will not be enough to take a few steps to move from hockey to skiing. And that Milan and Cortina are not close and that the Belluno Dolomites are in the mountains, where physiologically there are “narrow roads and complex connections” (narrow roads and difficult connections) and not the thousand-lane highways of California. In fact, this has sent them into a tailspin, it happens that they happen “snowfall” (snowfall), perhaps forgetting that one of the prerequisites of the Winter Olympics is that they are in winter. When it snows.
A disaster that led American friends to define “logistical nightmare” (logistical nightmare) the Milan Cortina Games about to begin. There is not even any doubt about the fact that those against us, regardless of whether they are here too, will take the cue to say that they are right and that it’s all rubbish. Or almost.
The truth is that the Americans are right. There are 412 kilometers between Milan and Cortina and many are on mountain roads. And the same happens in Valtellina or in Predazzo and surrounding areas. And luckily, it’s finally snowing and it could happen again between now and February 22nd, as the “on demand” weather doesn’t work.
They caught us but it’s too late to intervene, bringing Cortina closer to Milan or laying a layer of asphalt that connects the Olympic venues allowing you to go straight there, toll booth-toll booth. Spending little, because the costs for those who have chosen to come are also a problem. Too late. Luckily, however, they have six months to look into their home and intervene before the wonderful football World Cup that they will propose to everyone else in the summer.
In comparison, the rush to get from Milan to Cortina will seem like a walk in the park. What do you want it to be when they have planned a tournament with four time zones, three countries, 16 cities and a very comfortable six (and a half) hour commute from Vancouver to Miami? All not free. Obviously. So, American friends, stay calm. Enjoy the Italian Olympics, pasta, pizza, speck and our cheeses. And win as much as you can. In this you can give lessons to the world, on the organizational paradoxes of major events, no. With respect.
