February 24, 200521 yr I think they'll get it. I believe Paris is wanting it too. So aslong as it doesn't go there I'll be fine.
February 24, 200521 yr While we are on the topic of the Olympics…. Why doesn’t Chicago try and make a run at the Summer Olympics? I really believe that we have most of the facilities to pull it off. I don’t think a whole lot would need to be built. Plus, it has been held in LA, NY State (soon NY City as well), Atlanta, and Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City got the Olympics before the 3rd largest market in the US?
February 24, 200521 yr Chicago to my knowledge has not attempted to get an Olympics. Also there is one problem, it is all of the canoeing events. For Atlanta they had to do some major construction on rivers to get it working the right way. Also US cities should almost always be the front runners for the Olympics, they are the only ones that can afford it, and actually can sell the thing out. Look at how disturbing the attendance for the Athens olympics was, and the fact that they could not get the construction done on time. SB Edited February 24, 200521 yr by Soxbadger
February 24, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 03:00 PM) While we are on the topic of the Olympics…. Why doesn’t Chicago try and make a run at the Summer Olympics? I really believe that we have most of the facilities to pull it off. I don’t think a whole lot would need to be built. Plus, it has been held in LA, NY State (soon NY City as well), Atlanta, and Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City got the Olympics before the 3rd largest market in the US? They did have the Pan-Am games in the 80's, and that was supposed to be a prelude to trying to get the full olympics, but they never did do it.
February 24, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) Chicago to my knowledge has not attempted to get an Olympics. Also there is one problem, it is all of the canoeing events. For Atlanta they had to do some major construction on rivers to get it working the right way. Also US cities should almost always be the front runners for the Olympics, they are the only ones that can afford it, and actually can sell the thing out. Look at how disturbing the attendance for the Athens olympics was, and the fact that they could not get the construction done on time. SB They would have to build lots of facilities.... Also for the Pan-Am games Michigan City actually held most of the sailing events. I know South Bend has some world class canoe facilities, so that might be possible also.
February 24, 200521 yr QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 03:06 PM) They would have to build lots of facilities.... Also for the Pan-Am games Michigan City actually held most of the sailing events. I know South Bend has some world class canoe facilities, so that might be possible also. In regards to shifting the cannoing events out of city, if you remember.... several of Atlanta's water events were at LEAST an hours drive away fromt he city. I think those events were north of Atlanta. I did some reasearch as to what events are int he Summer olypics vs Chicago facilities. Wrestling - UIC Pavilion Weightlifting - UIC Pavilion Volleyball - United Center Tennis - Must Build a Facility Triathlon - ???? Taekwondo - Welsh-Ryan Arena (Northwestern) Table Tennis - Welsh-Ryan Arena (Northwestern) Softball - Wrigley or US Cellular Shooting - Must Build a Facility Sailing - Out of the City Rowing - Out of the City Modern Pentathlon Judo - All-State Arena Field Hockey - Ryan Field Equestrian - Must Build a Facility Fencing - All-State Arena Soccor - Ryan Field Gymnastics - All-State Arena Handball - ???? Aquatics - Must Build a Facility Archery - ???? Athletics (aka Track and Field) - Soldier Field Badminton - ???? Baseball - Wrigley or US Cellular Basketball - United Center Boxing - ??? Canoeing - Out of the City Cycling - ??? Edited February 24, 200521 yr by Athomeboy_2000
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