Chicago reacts

It is interesting to see the reactions coming out in Chicago after this initial victory - most of them seem positive. The Tribune is clearly in favor with Blair Kamin again leading the charge. Here is an interesting Tribune article (login may be required):

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/cs-070415oly,1,3445788.story?coll=chi-sportstop-hed

ESPN.com's story also seems to be positive:

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=2837473

It will be tough to keep momentum for the next 2.5 years...

It's Chicago!!!!!

Chicago took a major step this morning towards being the host city for the 2016 games! The U.S. Olympic Committee selected Chicago as the U.S. applicant city for the 2016 games.



For those of you who are interested, you can listen to the announcement by Peter Ueberroth here:



http://www.usoc.org/16AppChicago.mp3



(ignore the first minute or so of background noise before announcement starts)



Congratulations to Mayor Daley and Patrick Ryan for this initial victory!





Now we have two and a half more years until the selection of the actual host - it looks like Chicago will be up against at least Tokyo and Rio for the honor of hosting the 2016 Summer Games. Early speculation indicates the main competition will be between Chicago and Rio...