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Here’s the final tally, round by round: If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
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I was recently looking back over some of my old Chicago 2016-related content the other day when I realized, “Wow — the IOC is actually going to pick the host city for the 2016 Olympics. It’s time.” Well, the decision is tomorrow, and I suppose we’ll see what happens. If Chicago is picked, I may be [ READ MORE ]
Chicago was chosen as a finalist in the International Olympic Committee’s host search for the 2016 Olympics. According to Chicago Tribune reporter Philip Hersh, the other cities chosen were Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid. One point of concern for the IOC, however, is Chicago’s public transportation system. The committee issued a report, “Games of the [ READ MORE ]
Several days ago, I received an invitation from the Medill New Media Publishing Project to check out this year’s project. A location-based tour of Washington Park, the proposed site for the Chicago 2016 Olympic Stadium. The good news: The tour went quite well, and made it clear that location-based storytelling could work under certain circumstances. [ READ MORE ]
It looks like Chicago 2016 is going for a new look. According to Chicago Tribune reporter Kathy Bergen, the committee recently hired Ogilvy Chicago to take over its presence on the Web. Chicago 2016 spokesman Patrick Sandusky said the Ogilvy is charged to “build a more dynamic and interactive Web site that will better showcase our bid [ READ MORE ]
Evidently, someone doesn’t like me. Seeing as I’m Google’s #1-ranked blogger for most terms related to the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid, I tried linking my “Chicago 2016″ category page to Wikipedia’s entry for the bid as an external link. It was deleted. Twice. Here’s a question for you: DanielHonigman.com gets all sorts of visits from [ READ MORE ]
Last week, it was reported that Chicago 2016 chairman Patrick Ryan met with International Olympic Committee member Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah of Kuwait in early February. According to the IOC’s rules of conduct, bid city officials can’t meet with IOC members. At all. Chicago 2016 spokesman Patrick Sandusky said Ryan, who serves as chair for Northwestern [ READ MORE ]
According to Around The Rings, Chicago has the best bid so far for the 2016 Olympics: 1. Chicago - 79 2.(tie) Madrid - 77 2.(tie) Rio de Janeiro - 77 3. Tokyo - 74 4. Doha - 69 5.(tie) Prague - 55 The site evaluated the bids in several categories, including ambiance, accommodation, legacy, transport and cost. The Windy City scored highest, [ READ MORE ]
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