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SCRAPPED During the 2008 Beijing Olympics international torch relay, protesters repeatedly disturbed the flame's progress. Now the International Olympic Committee will require the torch to remain in its host country.
It's an opportunity city officials don't want to slip by them again. In 1901, Chicago won the right to host the first- ever Midwestern Olympics, in 1904, but lost the Games to its then-rival St. Louis after that city threatened to host a competing event. For many...
To succeed, Chicago officials must also prove there is broad public support for hosting the Olympics. According to a recent survey commissioned by Chicago 2016, some 77% OF Chicagoans expressed such support. But there is still widespread skepticism and disapproval. There have already been significant anti-Olympics protests, one of...
But the main question on Chicagoans minds is how a city mired in the deepening global recession - its unemployment rate hit 9.7% in February - can afford to host a $3.3 billion party. "The city of Chicago is closing public schools, and they've closed public health clinics. Where is all...
Read about New York City's Unemployment Olympics.