Chicago gets chance for 2016 Olympic bid

[21]

You heard it from my mother.

('No, dear, I don't have a link, Lou, is there a link...I SAID IS THERE A...oh never mind, you know plenty of people, 21, I'm sure you can find your own link....')

 

[boots]

The olympics ****ed up atlanta. That town will never be the same. The same will happen for Chicago if it gets the games. The poor and down trodden will be forced out. While it's great for sports, it's a sad time for the city.

 

[RokSki]

Wait a sec, do they have a chance, or did they land the games? Help me out here.

 

[21]

Wait a sec, do they have a chance, or did they land the games? Help me out here.

They go into a final competition with international candidates, winner announced in 2009...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/cs-070414olychicago-win,0,1975584.story?coll=chi-newsbreaking-hed

 

[Rough Mix]

I believe Governor Newsweek cover is in the other corner.

Edit: Always nice to be an idiot.

 

[RokSki]

Wait a sec, do they have a chance, or did they land the games? Help me out here.

They go into a final competition with international candidates, winner announced in 2009...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/cs-070414olychicago-win,0,1975584.story?coll=chi-newsbreaking-hed

Thanks, deuce-deuce minus 1 :)

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

"Chicago's rivals in the 2016 competition likely will include Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Rome, Tokyo and Prague. Baku, Azerbaijan and Doha, Qatar, improbable dreamers, also may enter the race."

How does Chicago stack up to Rio de Janerio?! No way, no how.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Hmmm, can you imagine a gold medal baseball game at Wrigley? Nice job, IOC!

 

[Huggy]

You mean Toronto's not bidding - yet again - for this one?

 

[RokSki]

How does Chicago stack up to Rio de Janerio?!

Kind of like this:

Rio









Chi

 

[RokSki]

Hmmm, can you imagine a gold medal baseball game at Wrigley? Nice job, IOC!

Now that would be great :)

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Hmmm, can you imagine a gold medal baseball game at Wrigley? Nice job, IOC!

Now that would be great :)

Then northside baseball fans can see WINNING baseball for a change. :D

 

[Rambler]

I'm probably more cynical than most on here (believe it or not) but I got chills when they announced my town. I'm proud to be a Chicagoan today.

Now, back to ripping everything and looking for a new profession before 2016.

 

[21]

"Chicago's rivals in the 2016 competition likely will include Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Rome, Tokyo and Prague. Baku, Azerbaijan and Doha, Qatar, improbable dreamers, also may enter the race."

How does Chicago stack up to Rio de Janerio?! No way, no how.

'Sweetheart, I'm sure you could be right, there's just nothing wrong with all that spicy food five times a day, plenty of Pepto for everyone, I'm sure they have laws now about where the meat comes from, and plenty of modern toilets too...it's just so ethnic to flush fifty times, makes you feel like you're somewhere interesting, don't you think? I do love that Ipanema song, though, Dad used to sing it when we were in Acapulco back in '58, I had the most wonderful little swimsuit, a two-piece, I bet I could still wear it, I'll have to go dig it out, would you be staying here if the Olympics came to Chicago, dear?'

 

[Yawn]

Chicago will be a terrorist hit.
2016....nine years....everything has settled down a bit...

Then the liberals can begin crying again about why we stopped the wire-tapping that would have discovered this movement before it occurred.

 

[Chi City 81]

Chicago will be a terrorist hit.
2016....nine years....everything has settled down a bit...

Then the liberals can begin crying again about why we stopped the wire-tapping that would have discovered this movement before it occurred.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Wow. I wonder what he's like at a party.

 

[RokSki]

Think "Debbie Downer" :)

 

[RokSki]

"Chicago's rivals in the 2016 competition likely will include Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Rome, Tokyo and Prague. Baku, Azerbaijan and Doha, Qatar, improbable dreamers, also may enter the race."

How does Chicago stack up to Rio de Janerio?! No way, no how.

'Sweetheart, I'm sure you could be right, there's just nothing wrong with all that spicy food five times a day, plenty of Pepto for everyone, I'm sure they have laws now about where the meat comes from, and plenty of modern toilets too...it's just so ethnic to flush fifty times, makes you feel like you're somewhere interesting, don't you think? I do love that Ipanema song, though, Dad used to sing it when we were in Acapulco back in '58, I had the most wonderful little swimsuit, a two-piece, I bet I could still wear it, I'll have to go dig it out, would you be staying here if the Olympics came to Chicago, dear?'

Mom's a talker, huh, 21? :)

She sounds sweet.

 

[Freelance Hack]

"Chicago's rivals in the 2016 competition likely will include Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Rome, Tokyo and Prague. Baku, Azerbaijan and Doha, Qatar, improbable dreamers, also may enter the race."

How does Chicago stack up to Rio de Janerio?! No way, no how.

As long as the Middle East is as fragile as old china, there will never be an Olympics there.

Rio is probably the front-runner because a) it's Rio and b) the Olympics have not been held in South America.