Chicago Loses 2016 Olympics Bid

We didn't even do the logo right...

Thankfully, Chicago did not win the 2016 Olympics Bid.We are all so thankful that the biggest sporting event in the world did not land on our city at this time. (maybe in 10 or 20 years if we get things straightened out ok?)

We love the Olympics and look forward to seeing the most amazing sports events in more appropriate locale/venue on our TV in 2016 rather than on our highways, streets, airports, trains, downtown, lakefront, suburbs and our own sidewalk.

I know it could have meant some financial investment in the city, but the truth is we don’t have the infrastructure to support it.

I am not sure why these “investors” can’t still invest in our city for the right reasonslike supporting educational programs for kids, eco-conscious green initiatives for retrofitting the city to save energy and transportation projects to expand public transit and make regular transit quicker, safer and easier.

There are a lot of ways that people/companies can invest in Chicago and get a good ROI and promotion out of it. We don’t need the colossal headache of the Olympics in order to make improvements here.  Plus there is probably still too much corruption and backroom dealing that happens that would make things 2-3x more expensive than it needs to be and hold up schedules terribly. And in the summer we have horrible heat and humidity, who wants to compete in that? Ugh. I don’t even want to walk to the train in that.

I wish the winner of the 2016 Olympics the best of luck in their process to plan, build and host the Olympics and make it a truly memorable experience. I will be watching from home.