Last Friday ended the IOC’s tours of the 4 bid Cities. The final globetrotting stop was Madrid. This bid city already has a whopping 77% of its Olympic Venues in place or under construction which includes their aquatic center and Olympic Stadium. Obviously, that puts this bid city ahead of the game when compared to the other 3 host cities. IOC commissioner called the venues and plans in Madrid “magnificent” which was a change from the “most impressed” that was given for the other 3 cities. It looks like Madrid is pulling ahead on the leader board.
The IOC plans on doing an assessment of the risks in each city if they were to hold the games, before the final decision in October. But Chicago has one last chance to impress the IOC board on June 17th & 18th at a briefing in Switzerland. Here the bid cities have the opportunity to impress all 107 IOC voters who have been invited. This is the first briefing meeting in the history of the Olympics and was put in place to fill the gaps that voters were not aware of in the bid cities.
Chicago has a lot of votes to lobby over the next five months, but can they convince the IOC that Chicago is the city for the 2016 games? I think Chicago has a lot of competition with Madrid’s venues and housing plans but Chicago is one of a kind and I am sure they will make that known to the committee!
The IOC plans on doing an assessment of the risks in each city if they were to hold the games, before the final decision in October. But Chicago has one last chance to impress the IOC board on June 17th & 18th at a briefing in Switzerland. Here the bid cities have the opportunity to impress all 107 IOC voters who have been invited. This is the first briefing meeting in the history of the Olympics and was put in place to fill the gaps that voters were not aware of in the bid cities.
Chicago has a lot of votes to lobby over the next five months, but can they convince the IOC that Chicago is the city for the 2016 games? I think Chicago has a lot of competition with Madrid’s venues and housing plans but Chicago is one of a kind and I am sure they will make that known to the committee!
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