plant_based wrote:
TheStroBro wrote:
This whole thread reminds of the "Fuck you Money" thread we had in the Lavender Room. This is the pet project of someone that donates hundreds of millions a year to whatever the hell he wants...see Phil Knight and his open checkbook to Oregon...or just look at Nike's campus and the facilities they host Bowerman TC at. You're talking about a miniature Olympic Training Center, and your idea is to put it within what distance of LAX? Any land that isn't developed within 45 minutes of LAX is either a mountain and cost prohibitive. I'm guessing the idea is major airport and consistent weather. Ventura County is probably your best bet, perhaps just at Dan's ranch...but man that is a rough location when it comes what you will have to pay for land and then the construction costs of building in California. Basically for decent land prices you're out in the desert, and if you're out in the desert you may as well build this in Tucson.
But hey, if can sell it to foreign capital and get 500 Million. Bulldoze some houses and build this thang.
Yeah the proximity to LA and the terrain around there is something to consider.
Ventura County seems like it might work.
As mich as I think this is a stupid business idea
It actually is something I would pay for lol
Come to think of it I would probably just stay til all my money ran out lol
Did something sort of similar way back in 1988 at the Olympic training center in upstate NY
Was chosen for a 1 week camp with the actual Olympic coaches by Bicycling magazine. If memory serves me correctly it was based upon a 25 word essay and not so much cycling ability
It was awesome. Maybe not 24 hour food but from around 6 AM to 10 PM the cafeteria was open. Daily rides on all but abandoned roads with the coaches.