Chicago Eliminated from 2016 Olympics

[tornado]

They are the first of the four finalists eliminated

[tornado]

Now announced that Tokyo is eliminated...down to just Madrid and Rio.

[georgethedog]

Good.

[georgethedog]

Good. We would have been stuck with the bills downstate somehow and you know it. Where would you rather go... Rio or Chicago?

[Beninator]

I'm betting on Madrid now!

[SFP]

How about Obama's star power to bring home those games? I guess even his international zeal is waning!

[houstontxbrave]

How about Obama's star power to bring home those games? I guess even his international zeal is waning!

Personally I think this elimination has a ton to do with the "politics" of Chicago. There also is a huge faction in Chicago not at all interested in these games.

A good win for the little person of Chicago and Illinois. I guess the politicos of Chicago will have to fleece someone else.

[Beninator]

How about Obama's star power to bring home those games? I guess even his international zeal is waning!

That was a d@@n if you do and d##n if you don't situation for Obama. Every foreign leader of the four remaining cities was present for the presentation to the Olympic Committee.

[wizard1]

Chicago Eliminated

Good!! The "Savior" and his minions couldn't pull it off and the citizens of Illinois will not have to pay for the cost overruns and corruption that would have most certainly followed.

[Beninator]

Personally I think this elimination has a ton to do with the "politics" of Chicago. There also is a huge faction in Chicago not at all interested in these games.

A good win for the little person of Chicago and Illinois. I guess the politicos of Chicago will have to fleece someone else.

I can see both sides of this issue, but selfishly I was hoping Chicago would get the bid as I have always wanted to see the Olympic games.

[SFP]

The left leaning politicos in SF pulled out over a year ago because they could not justify the real cost compared to the benefits. It was funny to hear Daley saying that Chicago could become a destination city from the games, as to indicate that money spent on the Olympics will draw new visitors after the games is over in droves. I'm sure Montreal or for that fact Athens could tell you that that is just not the case. There more to being fleeced by your own politicos at the Olympic. There's the corrupt Olympic officials that like to be greased also.

[houstontxbrave]

The left leaning politicos in SF pulled out over a year ago because they could not justify the real cost compared to the benefits. It was funny to hear Daley saying that Chicago could become a destination city from the games, as to indicate that money spent on the Olympics will draw new visitors after the games is over in droves. I'm sure Montreal or for that fact Athens could tell you that that is just not the case. There more to being fleeced by your own politicos at the Olympic. There's the corrupt Olympic officials that like to be greased also.

Chicago then didnt sent the right "greasers" Should have sent Ryan and Blago, they would have gotten this thing done.

[real fan]

It is a good thing for the taxpayers of Illinois that Chicago was eliminated, Illinois is broke now and hosting the olympics is a huge economic loser, just ask Atlanta,Georgia .

[Da Coach]

Rio de Janeiro gets the 2016 Olympic games.

[SFP]

On the other side of all this I hope the US citizens start to see what the Olympics has become. It is nothing but a money making corporation that fleeces a city every 4 years to host a sporting brand/event, nothing more or nothing less. Now that the US got slapped in the face again, NY last time, why are our corporate companies still paying these fleecers to co-brand with their logo? I say it is time to stop caring about this brand. They do not care one iota about the US but the $$ we generate for them. Remember that US companies pay the majority of the sponsorship deals and the balk of the network deal compared to the rest of the world. Read this article for a bit of the behind the scene deal http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/sp...26olympic.html