The Independent Voters of Illinois-Indenpdent Precinct Organization (IVI-IPO) has joined No Games Chicago in opposing Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics. From their email newsletter: The recent revelation that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) host city contract will require the City of Chicago to be liable for all cost overruns puts city residents in a …
As reported in the Sun-Times: An impassioned Mayor Daley today portrayed the 2016 Summer Olympic Games as the economic salvation for Chicago, but warned that the city just might lose the Olympic sweepstakes “if people keep throwing darts.” The Mayor confessed he has “nothing else up my sleeve” in the way of economic development plans …
Click here to download a copy of the blank Host City Contract that all four finalist cities MUST sign before october 2, 2009. This document is what all four finalist cities for the 2012 games had to sign in Singapore in 2005. Chicago will have to sign a non-negotiable contract almost exactly like this one. …
In today’s Chicago Tribune: If it’s broke — and by most calculations, Chicago is — the Olympics won’t fix it. Rest assured of that one unassailable fact. You will be told that if the 2016 Summer Games are awarded to the city, track will pay for itself, and field will turn a profit. You will …
As reported online by the Chicago Tribune: Earlier this week, Ald. Manuel Flores (1st) introduced an ordinance to cap the city’s liability for 2016 Olympics losses at $500 million. It was a response to Daley’s meeting with IOC officials in Switzerland on June 17. Afterward, he told the Tribune he would sign a host city contract putting …
People from around the world have visited the No Games blog and voiced their support. Here is one comment from a person in Montreal who is warning us NOT to repeat their error of 1976. Montreal also had a long time mayor who wanted to establish his legacy and viewed the Olympics as a way …