Chicago gets top bid for US 2016 olympics
 

Teamsters must be excited

WASHINGTON - Now Chicago takes on the rest of the world. The Windy City's bid to hold a Summer Games for the first time moved to the international stage Saturday when the U.S. Olympic Committee capped a yearlong search for an American candidate for 2016 by picking Chicago over two-time host Los Angeles.


"It's just beginning," said Patrick Ryan, Chicago's bid committee chairman. "It's a long road."

Having won over the USOC despite lacking venues ready for an Olympics, Chicago's task is to persuade the International Olympic Committee that it deserves to be the host, joining a group of bidders expected to include Madrid, Prague, Rome, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

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Not good for me. Just means taxes go up even more.

congrats....:)