Gretna Organizes Committee to Bid for 2016 Olympics

Following the lead of numerous cities like New York, London, and Barcelona, the city of Gretna has established a proactive not-for-profit corporation seeking a nod from the 2016 International Olympic Committee.

The recently incorporated Best Bank-Shout Out 2016, LLC will attempt to make a serious pre-bid plea for hosting the Summer games of 2016.

With the obvious economic influx that would follow the awarding of the games, Gretna feels that the West Bank locality could not only handle the burden of hosting, but also offer the Olympics Coalition a positive glimpse of West Bank Culture.

Committee Chair, Amy LaHoste, has presented the Gretna City Council with a series of capital improvement project ideas designed to entice the Olympics Board to award the honor to Gretna. Proposed projects include:

-Converting the looted and burned Oakwood Mall into an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
-Leveling famous historical Algiers Point to build a new track and field arena.
-Installing a mass transit system from the Belle Chasse Highway to that bait shop on Bayou Barriere.

“Once we build the roofless Famous Historical Algiers Point Arenas, all the blue tarp eyesores will be gone,” LaHoste points out.

“Also we don’t need to spend money on hurdles, because they can jump or whatever it is that they do under the Lapalco Bridge.

“Also, the Harvey Tunnel is perfect for the 10K. Not only that, we can offer cold, refreshing 10K Sports Beverage to the athletes.”

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