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Pat Ryan, Head Of Failed Chicago Olympics Bid, Gets New Sports Gig

AP | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP)--Patrick Ryan will continue his efforts to expand Olympic sports in Chicago, even after the city lost its bid for the 2016 Games. Ryan w...

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What Happened in Copenhagen (When We Went to Influence the IOC -- Again)

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

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Tom Tresser

We had penetrated the multiple rings of security, outfaced the bureaucracy of the International Olympic Committee and stood our ground to deliver information that the mayor, the 2016 Committee and the entire business elite of Chicago didn't want to see and didn't want to acknowledge.

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An Open Letter to Mayor Daley and the Olympic Team

Hermene Hartman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

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Hermene Hartman

Maybe we should look within and rather than attract international visitors, let's look into our own backyards and communities and teach our youth how to be Olympians and how to compete.

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Chicago Olympics Bid Chief: No Way To Beat Rio

Chicago Tribune | Kathy Bergen and Philip Hersh | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

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Though Chicago's campaign for the 2016 Summer Games went down in flames in the first round of voting, there was nothing more the city could have done ...

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IOC Olympics Announcement Stuns Chicago (PHOTOS)

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — (AP) So much for Da Games. Chicago residents felt blindsided Friday as the International Olympic Committee quickly eliminated their h...

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2016 Olympics: Chicago, Rio Square Off In Copenhagen

AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 11.29.2009 | Chicago

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COPENHAGEN — Rio or Chicago? Risk vs. reliable. For the International Olympic Committee, the biggest decision in choosing the city to host the ...

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Majority Of Chicagoans, Americans Want Olympics: Chicago 2016 Poll

Chicago Sun-Times | LISA DONOVAN | Posted 11.29.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan said a poll conducted last week shows 72 percent of Chicagoans back bringing the Games to the city while 84 percent of A...

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Chicago Olympics: Why Pat Ryan Was Tapped To Run The Bid

AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 11.27.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Pat Ryan isn't a gold medalist, like the leader of Madrid's bid committee. Nor does he have a long history with the International Olym...

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Olympics Insurance Coverage Has Over $2 Billion Hole

Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard M. Daley and Patrick Ryan assure Chicago taxpayers that a safety net of insurance would insulate them from the financial risks of hostin...

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Top Chicago Olympics Officials Draw Six-Figure Salaries

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley's chief of staff got a whopping 41 percent pay raise -- to $250,000 a year -- when she jumped off the City Hall merry-go-round to become p...

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Olympic Village To Cost Around $1.18 Billion, Use TIF Money

Chicago Tribune | Kathy Bergen | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago

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The tab for building an Olympic Village typically is reported to be about $1 billion, but a tally of various associated costs puts the total at $1.18 ...

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Obama Touts Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid In Video To African Leaders

AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

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LONDON — President Barack Obama renewed his support for Chicago's Olympic bid Tuesday, telling African Olympic leaders in a video message the 20...

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Alderman Want Olympics Leaders To Come Clean On Costs

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago

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Several aldermen are demanding complete details about the city's proposed financial guarantee for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games so they can have them ...

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Olympics Leaders Hold Closed-Door Briefings With Aldermen Following Uproar

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago

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On Monday, the Chicago 2016 Olympics committee leaders balked at the idea of publicly briefing the City Council about a wrinkle that could put taxpaye...

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Chicago Olympic Bid Chief Downplays Taxpayer Burden, Reveals City Knew It Would Have To Ante Up

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago

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The head of Chicago's Olympic bid committee tried to calm anger Monday over Mayor Daley's disclosure last week that the city will sign a contract assu...

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Chicago 2016 Makes Case For Olympics To IOC

AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 07.18.2009 | Chicago

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The four cities bidding for the 2016 Olympics took their case directly to the voters on Wednesday, stressing the backing...

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Chicago Olympics Chief Downplays Expectations

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago is not the favorite to land the 2016 Olympics, regardless of what insiders, experts and pundits have to say....

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Chicago Olympic Bid: Leaders Optimistic, Community Groups Angry

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.12.2009 | Chicago

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Leaders of Chicago's Olympic bid were quite pleased with the results of the IOC's recent evaluation visit, the AP reports. But just as Chicago 2016 ch...

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Oprah Headlines Chicago Olympics Gala, Schmoozes IOC

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.08.2009 | Chicago

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UPDATE 6:30 PM The chairwoman of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission says members were "most impressed" by what Chicago could...

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Obama Not Committed, But Chicago 2016 Leaders Hope He'll Be At Olympic Meeting

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 04.24.2009 | Chicago

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DENVER — The committee trying to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago has invited President Barack Obama to be in Copenhagen for its final present...

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Chicago Olympics Bid Dowmplays Blagojevich Scandal

AP | Betsy Taylor | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

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ST. LOUIS - The chief executive of a campaign to bring the Olympics to Chicago in 2016 doesn't think the controversy surrounding the Illinois governor...

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$86 Million Olympic Village Deal Approved

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley's plan to borrow $86 million to acquire Michael Reese Hospital property for a $1.1 billion Olympic Village sailed through a City Council W...

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City Council Wants More Diversity In Chicago Olympic Bid

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago

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The Finance Committee of Chicago's City Council has postponed deciding whether the city should purchase the Michael Reese Hospital site for its Olympi...

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Chicago Olympic Bid Money Could Be Short

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago 2016 Olympic planners on Friday revised their venue plan to turn an even brighter spotlight on Washington Park and Northerly Island -- and low...

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2016 Olympics Could Generate $22.5B For Chicago: Study

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz and John Pletz | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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Winning the 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games would spark $22.5 billion in economic activity in Illinois, according to a new study prepared for the c...

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