Currently, Chicago's rival cities for the hosting of the Games are Madrid, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Tokyo, Japan.
If Chicago is chosen, the games would be held from July 22 to August 7, with the Paralympics held between August 12 and August 28.
The United States Olympic Committee chose Chicago April 15, 2007. It is only right President Obama advocate for the Olympics to come to the USA and to realize it is doubly sweet as Chicago is the venue.
There is every hope that if Chicago is the hosting city for the 2016 Summer Olympics, there will be more jobs. More jobs and good pay will help lower an escalating crime rate in Chicago.
Chicago won the bid...What's next? (click title to entry - thank you)
Tribune staff report
6:54 p.m. CDT, April 15, 2007
First on the agenda is a lunchtime celebration Monday in Daley Plaza.
Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago 2016 chairman Patrick Ryan and former Olympians are expected to take the stage at noon, celebrating Saturday's news that the Windy City will represent the United States in the worldwide bid for the Games.
Videos produced as part of Chicago's 2016 Olympic application will air on a large television on the northeast corner of the plaza.
And then down to business. The U.S. Olympic Committee must submit Chicago to the International Olympic Committee as a formal applicant for the 2016 Summer Games by Sept. 15. The IOC will select the 2016 host city in October 2009 in Copenhagen.
There is no precise timetable for the various stages of the bid process between those two dates. According to IOC spokesman Emmanuelle Moreau, a timetable will be established after the IOC members pick the 2014 Winter Olympics host city July 4 in Guatemala City....
Updated: October 1, 2009, 6:25 PM ET
Chicago, state get ready for IOC decision (click here)
Associated Press
CHICAGO -- The Picasso is already wearing a medal and a laurel wreath.
Chicagoans plan to show up at the base of the famous Daley Plaza sculpture on Friday to watch the International Olympic Committee decide if their city will get to host the 2016 games.
Surita Mansukhani of Chicago and her mother, Beverly Jordan, plan to be there to score some of the thousands of free T-shirts local organizers plan to hand out.
"We don't have to go halfway around the world to come here," said Jordan, a writer who lives within walking distance of Daley Plaza.
Jumbo television screens will be set up so people can watch live from Copenhagen when the International Olympic Committee announces the 2016 host city. Chicago is a finalist along with Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro.
Donna Dukat said she won't be at the downtown rally, but the Chicago native will be pulling for her city to land the games.
"I love the Olympics," said Dukat, a dental hygienist who confessed to recording previous games on television so she wouldn't miss any of the action....
