Congratulations to Chicago, Illinois!!!

[NYC_SKP]

Seriously, I'll bet most residents would just as soon not have all the drama and disruption to their normal existence.

It should be well covered on the Internet and Television, so no loss there.

:toast:

[seabeyond]

1. son asked what if in amarillo. i told him, lots of money and lots of mess. lol. nt

[Sannum]

2. I am very happy!

[Triana]

3. THEY GOT IT?! WOO HOO!

WOW. :woohoo:

[AllentownJake]

4. Nope

In fact it was an epic fail

[NYC_SKP]

8. No, no, congratulations for NOT getting it.

Weeks of traffic tie-ups and crap, a very small number of citizens would care to attend.

The jury is still out on whether there's a real economic benefit to hosting these and if any benefit is fairly distributed.

:donut:

[Triana]

10. Oh fooey. Ah well...

...guess Obama will have to find something else to do then. ;)

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. .

:evilgrin:

[wtmusic]

5. In LA in 1984 there were promises of disruption

and it was one of the best things to happen to the city.

The freeways were empty, and under the guidance of Peter Ueberroth they actually turned a profit.

[cherokeeprogressive]

11. One can hardly compare the L.A. metro area with that of Chicago. n/t

[jeffbr]

6. I agree. Waste of money.

[XOKCowboy]

7. None of my Chicago friends wanted the Olympics nt

[madrchsod]

9. the tax payers of chicago and illinois dodged a bullet...

now if all those Olympic backers would put the money into rebuilding chicago....ya right.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

12. I'm happy, but condolences to those who had their hearts set on it.

[NNN0LHI]

13. deleted by poster

[truebrit71]

14. 72% of us wanted the games here..and having lived through the LA games there was little disruption..

..and plenty of excitement...I am thoroughly bummed...

[SemiCharmedQuark]

21. Me too.

:(

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. Only 47% support as of August, according toTrib/WGN poll.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-091002chicago-olympics-2016-eliminated,0,3121819.story

[truebrit71]

26. 72% according to the SumTimes...

...

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. So knowing that every single Chicago carpenter, electician, bricklayer, roofer,

etc. will not be fully employed for the foreseeable future is cause to celebrate?

[truebrit71]

16. No shit. right?

...

[Dreamer Tatum]

19. I thought the "Stimulus" was supposed to help with that

Why do we need the Olympics to create jobs? Can't they build stuff anyway?

[tinkerbell41]

27. Stimulus helped with road construction.

Not so much with tradesmen.

[Statistical]

22. Part of chicago pitch is that very little construciton would be needed.

More profit for IOC not so much for Chicago blue collar workers.

[NYC_SKP]

24. Every single one? Fully-employed? OK, if you say so.

:eyes:

[tinkerbell41]

25. No shit.

Chicago electrician, out of work 13 mos and counting. 3000 of us unemployed. I was praying I could
go back to work. Now it looks like bye bye house, college for my kid, etc... FUCK!!!!!!

[Mudoria]

17. I'm sure the folks in Illinois would have enjoyed the construction jobs

and all the other jobs centered around the Olympics a little more than a month's disruption in 2016.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

20. Yep. I don't get the dickish crab-asses who live in a big city and then bitch about crowds.

I live a block from Wrigley Field. Believe me, it can be a pain in the ass sometimes but you deal with it and adjust your schedule a little. You deal with traffic and the occasional drunk pissing on your front lawn. But there is nothing better than the neighborhood hopping during a big game or a play-off.

They are now interviewing yuppie assholes on the street who didn't want their little world rocked by messy traffic. Go interview some carpenters and laborers who have been out of work for a year.

It must be nice to be so secure in this economy you don't want millions pumped in to your economy.

[Peacetrain]

28. Not only the jobs..but the restructuring of the south side..

Would have been a nice benefit..

Let me add.. a lot of people are in gangs or gang like groups for economic reasons..as well as social..

But that is another story no one wants to talk about..

[otohara]

29. I Voted AGAINST Olympics in 1972 Colorado

of course that's when Vail, Breckenridge, and other ski resorts were fairly pristine and without thousands of condos & mega hotels plastered all over our beautiful mountains. But, I think that vote will forever keep Colorado from getting the Olympics.

We will forever be punished and I'm just fine with that.