After waiting over 12 years for someone to tell the full story of the No Games Chicago campaign, Tom Tresser decided to do it himself. “No Games Chicago: How a Small Group of Citizens Derailed the City’s 2016 Olympic Bid” is available from Routledge Press. Get more details, as well as access all sorts of …
From the New York Times, 2/28/22 – “South Korea spent at least $13 billion on the Games, with some experts projecting returns on this investment of $58 billion within 10 years. Local news outlets speculated that the Olympics could help Gangwon Province “emerge as one of the world’s major winter tourist attractions.” Yet on a recent visit …
No Games Chicago gets a little love in the article in a 2020 issues of Leisure Studies, “Event Bidding and New Media Activism” by David McGillivray, John Lauermann, and Daniel Turner. Tom spoke to John some time ago and asked him (as a scholar of sport, economics, and policy) to include No Games Chicago in …
From howmuch.net…
The old pros at No Games Chicago have been helping the community organizers at NOlympicsLA prepare for their launch. They are out of the gate strong and connected to a host of vital community organizations! We wish them good luck in taking on the city killer aka as the modern Olympic Games.
From WBEZ-FM Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview program from July 19, 2016 (35 minutes):
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!
Every time you hear the word World Cup think “Olympics” and every time you hear “FIFA” think International Olympic Committee!