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Originally Posted by Jay Auskin View Post
I was living in Chicago when they were making their 2016 bid. Interesting to think the IOC thought this would be better than Chicago, Madrid, or Tokyo.
I would suggest that Rio bribed the right people. Chicago was going to cost Illinois taxpayers a boatload. It was projected to cost $X (can't remember how much), but everyone knew it would cost $2X - $3X. Illinois is broke enough already.
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