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Despite four years, millions of dollars in planning and a last-ditch pitch from President Obama, the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid ultimately fell short.
The City of Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting, before any host city was selected.
An expert called it the "biggest shock in IOC history."
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Look at the bright side - we only lost $70m on this and not $7b - so we saved like $6.9B!!!!!
Tom Tresser for Mayor!
congrats No Games! this is inspirational. maybe resistance is not futile.
Agreed. The guy looked like Don Quixote for the last 8 months...and it looks like at least someone with true clout was digging his chili!
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