Olymics 2016

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!

cop cheer with bir students

There appear to be only two likely winning cities in the 2016 race, being Chicago and Rio. It will have been 20 years since the summer Olympics were in the US or the Western Hemisphere. The timing is right for Chicago.Second, the Chicago plan is a wonderful display of their lakefront. So many venues are along the lakefront that the Olympics will not overwhelm the city like the event does in so many other cities. And other than the new stadium, the rest of the venues are either pretty much already in place or needed whether or not the city gets the games. Therefore, Chicago is a great choice for the games.

My Opinion

Based upon the poll result we atleast hope that Chicago is going to win the 2016 bid, but as we discussed in the class it may be not true. Winning the bid is totally based on the preparation of the candidate city. Lets hope Chicago is winning the bid.