2016 Olympics - Awarded to Rio de Janeiro

[Mike80]

Reason for Rio:

Reason against chicago:

 

[Bleed S & G]

Reason against chicago:

She looks good in blue

 

[TGfan06]

I've said all along it will be either Chicago or Rio with my biased guess being Chicago... Chicago already has a lot of infrastructure set up and plans on using many existing facilities... something the IOC likes, especially after Beijing's spending spree.

Brazil is hosting the World Cup in 2014. There will be plenty of infrastructure already in Rio. It is more of a question if they can handle the two biggest sporting events in the world in a span of 2 years.

 

[Bucklion]

So the vote on this is today, I believe, right?

 

[TheStoicPaisano]

tomorrow

 

[scooter1369]

"I think Chicago has a good shot at getting the Olympics. Not because the President is there but because ACORN has been in Copenhagen all week registering new Olympic Committee members."

- Archie on QFM96

 

[bkochmc]

According to the Schedule of Events voting for the bid will take place tomorrow at 5:10PM CET (11:10AM EST) and the announcement is at 6:30PM CET (12:30 EST).

 

[THEWOOD]

Reading some news coming out of Copenhagen that Madrid could be emerging as a darkhorse.

 

[bkochmc]

Reading some news coming out of Copenhagen that Madrid could be emerging as a darkhorse.

Link? Not that I doubt you, just curious where you are hearing these rumors.

 

[THEWOOD]

Its just commentary on BBC. The reasoning being that Madrid and Rio share many of the same voters.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Well that was short lived

 

[THEWOOD]

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

 

[Dryden]

Listening on ESPN 1000. Sounds like the crowd gathered in Daley Plaza got kicked in the nuts.

 

[OSUsushichic]

It's gonna be Rio. The Olympics have never been in South America, and Spain hosted in '92 (Barcelona).

 

[Bucklion]

I'm not at all surprised. If the sense was that we were the frontrunners I don't think the Obamas would have needed to go...my guess is we knew we probably were not going to get it.