> The Olympics has also sued and won against places that were around before them (the modern olympics) that use Olympic in any part of their name. A large part

> The Olympics has also sued and won against places that were around before them (the modern olympics) that use Olympic in any part of their name. A large part of that is because various govts give "Olympics" special treatment via explicit legislation. Govts do this because failure to do so makes the IOC angry. Since Olympic venues lose money, IOC anger should be seen as a good thing but politicians benefit from pissing away money on hosting an Olympics so ...