No Games Co-Founder Tells Like It Was (and Is)
From WBEZ-FM Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview program from July 19, 2016 (35 minutes):
Month: July 2016
Hey, Tribune, You Can’t Erase Us From the Record!
A front page story from the Sunday, July 17 2016 issue of the Chicago Tribune complained about the “pricey legacy” of the 2016 Olympic bid. With two full pages of interior text – guess who was NOT included in the article? No Games Chicago. We were all over the sale of the Reese Hospital site, …
2016 Bid Still Costing Us – BIG Time
Tom Tresser was asked to weigh in on the ongoing costs of the 2016 Olympic bid. Mayor Daley demolished the Michael Reese Hospital site in 2009 in an effort to impress the IOC. That will end up costing us as much as $150 million!