Behind the Bid | Chicago 2016: cycling

Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts

Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts

Friday, March 2, 2007

Venue | Don't Tell Olympic Officials What Daley Did to Northerly Island

Northerly Island is the site of the famous overnight invasion by Daley's bulldozers to kill Meigs Field airport.

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Bid History

1900's - Daniel Burnham Says "Make No Little Plans..."
1904 - Olympic Games go to St. Louis Instead of Chicago
1932 - Los Angeles Olympic Games
1984 - Peter Ueberroth Leads Los Angeles Olympic Games
1994 - Akif Malik launches Chicago Olympic bid idea and vision
1994 - Chicago Hosts World Cup Event
1995 - USOC Considers 2008 or 2012 Olympic Bid
1996 - Atlanta Olympic Games
1997 - Daley Pulls Plug on 2012 Plans
2002 - Daley Shrinks Soldier Field and Eliminates Track
2002 - Salt Lake Winter Games
2005 - London 2012 Selected; NYC Eliminated
2005 - Malik Revisits Olympic Bid Idea
2005 - Reversal by Daley; Willing to Consider
2005 - USOC Starts 2016 Bid Process
2006 - Daley Officially Proceeds
2007 - USOC Chooses U.S. Candidate