2016 Olympics - Awarded to Rio de Janeiro - Page 5

Wingate1217 · #61 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by THEWOOD

Chicago GONE. First round eliminated. Tokyo was next. Its either Madrid or Rio!

I always thought it was going to be Rio. First Olympics in South America....

bkochmc · #62 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 12:16 PM

My guess is also Rio, especially with Europe having the 2012 Olympics.

OH10 · #63 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 12:28 PM

Not suprised if Rio gets it, but very surprised Chicago was eliminated first. Not happy about it either considering how much money the U.S. brings to the games.

BB73 · #64 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 12:52 PM

Rio was just officially announced live by J. Rogge.

BigWoof31 · #65 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 12:52 PM

Billy Payne mocks Chicago's failure, eats lunch, then plays a round on his World Class golf course.

osucollegebuck · #66 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 01:03 PM

Wow what a dangerous city to have all those young athletes in.

scooter1369 · #67 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by osucollegebuck

Wow what a dangerous city to have all those young athletes in.

Better than Sao Paulo

Steve19 · #68 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 01:17 PM

Many people outside the US find travel to the US very frustrating these days, due to the complex security environment. I've seen people on BBC, SkyNews, and other channels complaining that they were denied holiday visas without any reason given. I thought this was bunk until my niece, a university graduate with a really good job at KPMG, had exactly that experience. Chicago also has a terrible reputation internationally for crime. So, given the growing importance of the large emerging markets, perhaps Rio is not so surprising.

All of that said, who really cares? How many cities are still paying for the "privilege" of hosting the Olympic Games decades afterward. Right now, the US doesn't need any more debt.

Well done and good luck to Rio.

'BusNative · #69 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 01:19 PM

Wrap it up, US athletes... in fact, double-bag it.

OSUsushichic · #70 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve19

All of that said, who really cares? How many cities are still paying for the "privilege" of hosting the Olympic Games decades afterward. Right now, the US doesn't need any more debt.

Somewhere Mitt Romney is crying.

ORD_Buckeye · #71 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 03:05 PM

Good! If Chicago had gotten the Olympics it would have been a spectacle of clout, corruption and feeding at the public trough...from the aldermen who were already setting their cronies up to develop the venue sites to the cop union who was looking to get 4 hours of overtime for every 1 hour that would actually be needed.

Also, Daley would have been even more unresponsive and unanswerable for how he runs the city.

The only silver lining in Chicago getting the olympics would have been the possibility of a thorough upgrading of the L, but I seriously doubt we would have even gotten that.

Besides, they probably didn't like our sign:

ScriptOhio · #72 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve19

Many people outside the US find travel to the US very frustrating these days, due to the complex security environment. I've seen people on BBC, SkyNews, and other channels complaining that they were denied holiday visas without any reason given. I thought this was bunk until my niece, a university graduate with a really good job at KPMG, had exactly that experience.

I found that getting a Brazilian VISA to be "very frustrating" and expensive.