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It looks like the Chicago 2016 committee is adding some much-needed firepower in its quest for the 2016 Olympics. Atlanta-based attorney Charles H. Battle Jr. and Luciano Barra were recruited by Chicago 2016 to help the bid along. Battle, according to the Chicago Tribune, led international relations for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He also has a [ READ MORE ]
Check out this piece from today’s Chicago Tribune about how the Tokyo 2016 and Chicago 2016 bids are similar. The big difference, according to reporters Kathy Bergen and Naoko Nishiwaki: Tokyo has a lot further to go in getting locals behind their Olympic bid. Thing is, Tokyo has a lot more business might. And Japan last [ READ MORE ]
Interesting. Earlier today, United States Olympic Committee chairman Peter Ueberroth said Chicago 2016 had a long way to go in its bid. Philip Hersh of the Chicago Tribune reported Ueberroth met with Mayor Richard M. Daley today and voiced his displeasure. He said the Chicago 2016 committee needed to focus its efforts on wooing the International Olympic [ READ MORE ]
Andrew Herrmann of the Chicago Sun-Times reported today that Jacques Rogge, head of the International Olympic Committee, will come to Chicago for the AIBA World Boxing Championships in late October. Herrmann reported that Rogge evidently was impressed by Rio de Janeiro when he visited for the Pan-Am Games over the summer. More on this story when it [ READ MORE ]
Check out this interesting piece from today’s New York Times about the Chicago 2016 bid. [ READ MORE ]
Lew Lazare, the Chicago Sun-Times media columnist reported the following earlier today: Gordon Kane (pictured), who was one of the top executives in the Chicago 2016 marketing unit, left to work on the upcoming world boxing competitionships set for Chicago. Kane evidently will continue to advise the city’s Olympic committee as a consultant. Mark Mitten, who was [ READ MORE ]
If you decided to visit my page today after seeing it quoted on page nine of today’s Chicago Sun-Times, I want to welcome you to my site! Of course, if you’re a regular reader, you’re always welcome. (But you should have seen the Sun-Times snippet. Kidding.) Anyway, an excerpt from yesterday’s blog post on the new [ READ MORE ]
What do you think? Here’s an interactive page from the folks at Chicago 2016 about the logo’s symbolism. I’m not sure this one really captures my — or anyone else’s — imagination. If anything, if the games Games had are awarded to Chicago, the committee could revert back to the old logo. (On a somewhat fun [ READ MORE ]
And then there were seven. Chicago officially has some stiff competition for the 2016 Olympics. Baku, Doha, Madrid, Prague, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are also in the running with the Windy City. Now what happens? The first phase, known as the Candidature Acceptance Procedure, will feature a review by the International Olympic Committee of each [ READ MORE ]
The United States Olympic Committee formally submitted its bid for the 2016 Olympics to the International Olympic Committee last week. Chicago 2016 committee members submitted their letter of intent to USOC President Peter Ueberroth and Chief Executive Officer Jim Scherr, who in turn submitted it to IOC President Jacques Rogge. “The USOC has given us an [ READ MORE ]