Archive for the ‘ Chicago 2016 ’ Category
This is a bit late, but read some of the results from an Chicago 2016 bid impact study done by the Chicago Urban League. [ READ MORE ]
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Read about it here. Mitt Romney was involved with the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002. “I hope people don’t think it’s a big moneymaker and a source of economic development and good for business, because that’s not what the Olympics is about,” Romney said. “The Olympics is about an opportunity to serve the world [ READ MORE ]
Talk about big-time. Well, dense, at least. Noted architect Santiago Calatrava, designer of the soon-to-be-built Chicago Spire, unveiled his Chicago Trophy for the soccer tournament to be held at Soldier Field later this month. The teams competing for the title and the trophy are Sevilla FC, Spain; Wisla Krakow, Poland; Club Deportivo Toluca, Mexico; and Reggina [ READ MORE ]
I’m not sure what I think about this logo, but it’s a knot that’s traditionally used to tie gifts. The colors used — red, blue, green, black and yellow — are the Olympic colors represented by the rings. Tokyo’s the latest bid nation to create a logo. JOC President Tsunekazu Takeda and Tokyo [ READ MORE ]
It’s finally time to scope out the competition. The Chicago Sun-Times reported today that Mayor Richard M. Daley is flying to Rio to check out the 2007 Pan American Games down in Rio de Janeiro, arguably the city that poses the biggest risk to Chicago picking up the 2016 Olympic bid. Chicago 2016 bid brass [ READ MORE ]
Here’s an interesting piece from today’s Chicago Tribune profiling David Bolger, Chicago 2016’s new Chief Operating Officer. [ READ MORE ]
Check out Chicago Tribune Olympics reporter Philip Hersh’s interview with Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London 2012 Olympic Organizing Committee. [ READ MORE ]
According to a USA Today piece from yesterday (hard work if completed on Independence Day, I must add!) Sochi’s selection as host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics may boost Chicago’s chances of landing the 2016 Summer Games. Reporter Vicki Michaelis writes: Most IOC members say they don’t subscribe to a sense of continental rotation, but they [ READ MORE ]
Yup, I said it. Well, actually, the new money manager for the Chicago 2016 bid committee, Rick Ludwig, said it, according to a Sun-Times report. The city and state have offered to cough up $500 million if Olympic revenues fall short, but Ludwig doesn’t think they’ll be tapped into. Why? Bad accounting, of course…or is it [ READ MORE ]