Why the Olympics are a “City Killer”
Check out this interview from February 4, 2022.
Category: Cost
The Olympic Games – Always Over Budget
From howmuch.net…
At Last, Some No Games Love!
Ben Joravsky, writing in the Chicago Reader on August 3, 2016 said this about opposing the 2016 bid: Let’s face it, folks: When it came to Daley, everybody in Chicago was a rubber stamp. Well, not everybody. At this point, I’d like to distribute some symbolic gold medals to the few intrepid souls who had …
More Latecomers to No Games Chicago
Two more latecomers to the ranks of No Games Chicago! Chicago Tribune sports reporter David Haugh writes “In retrospect…” David – we said ALL those things seven years ago. Where were you? Oh, yeah – you, like the paper you work for and the billionaire who owned it then (Sam Zell) were BIG boosters of …
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):
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!
Chicago Tribune Sees Light – Six Years Later
Holy cow! Where was Phil and the Chicago Tribune in 2009? You can read Phil’s amazing piece here. You can download it as a PDF along with Tom’s somewhat aggravated reply here. When the decision to award the 2016 Games to Rio was announced we said “Chicago didn’t just dodge a bullet – we dodged …
Who Profits From Olympics?
From CBC News, a great article, “Winner’s Curse? The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games” – we might’ve re-titled it, “Loser’s Blessing”! – includes this video of a news segment reporting how the major corporate sponsors of the games, who pay around $100 million each, make huge profits from their association with the games and by …
We Said That In 2009
An article from The Guardian on the 2012 London Olympics is titled “Will the Olympics get the economy growing again? Don’t bank on it.” It points out the academic research that shows (and showed back in 2008) that hosting mega-events is a stupid economic develpment plan. The article concludes “Professor Stefan Szymanski, a specialist in …