Chicago Loses Olympics to Rio de Janiero
The International Olympic Committee has chosen Rio de Janiero as the site for its 2016 Summer Olympics, deciding against frontrunners Tokyo, Chicago and Madrid. Not surprisingly, Chicago, which had Oprah Winfrey, President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle to stumping for the city in Copenhagen, was left astonished to be the first city cut from the proceedings. Several ideas were mulled over why Chicago lost the bid: antipathy towards the United States and its policies, dislike of Obama’s celebrity and not sending Michael Jordan. Although astonishment slowly gave way to acceptance, according to polls many Chicagoans didn’t want the Olympics there. The $4.8 billion plan for an Olympic village, stadium and other venues, would leave residents with decades of debt not to mention…
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