Ouch.
We’re not even the Second City.
To Cub fans, the feeling should be familiar: Soaring expectations, followed by the cold slap of defeat.
But the stunning collapse of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on Friday--despite personal lobbying by President Obama, the city was knocked out in the first round of voting by the International Olympic Committee--needs to put into proper perspective: This is a major disappointment, not a crushing calamity.
Chicago is a resilient city. It has been through worse. And it will rise again. While it is a shame that Chicago did not get a chance to put its Olympic ideas into practice. It would be a greater shame, now that the city has lost its bid, if these ideas withered on the vine instead of flowering, as they should.
RIO was always on lock for the 2016 bid simply because the Olympics have never been held in South America.
Also take a minute to check out brother Kevin Powell's essay in the Huffington Post....
Their gonna give it to Rio. They just don't wanna come to the US this time.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you whole heartedly but then again, why would they want to hold the Olympics in Chicago considering what the city has been going through but as the owner if this blog pointed out, Chicago always manage to make a come back as it has whether many storms in the past but in my humble opinion, I feel that the citizens did what they felt was right in regards to protesting. The only time they would see beef up security is if they had a major event like that there anyway and that is like a slap in the face.
Well, they put together a spectacular pitch package and we sent the rock stars of the world. They just did not want to have it here. Period.
ReplyDeleteI am disappointed Chicago didn't get it but this will give me an excuse to visit Rio now. I'm starting an Olympic fund right now.
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