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A number of Chicago grassroots citizens groups organized to oppose the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. The Unlympics Organizing Committee organized a series of Chicago events over four Saturdays in the winter of 2009. [122] Arguably the leading organizing group against the bid was No Games Chicago.
On April 14, 2007, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chose Chicago to run in the 2016 Olympic bidding. Chicago was chosen to host the 1904 Summer Olympics but they would be held in St. Louis, to coincide with the 1904 World's Fair. [69] The 1996 in Atlanta were the last summer Olympics to be hosted in North America.
Selection of the host city is done at an IOC Session four to seven years prior to the tournament, in which the IOC members vote between candidate cities which have submitted bids. As of the selection of the 2016 Summer Olympics, 28 games have been held in 23 cities in 19 countries. Bids have been made by 64 cities in 34 countries.
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Awarded to host the Games of the I Olympiad (sole bid) 23 June 1894 1st in Paris, France [i] II: 1900: Paris France: Awarded to host the Games of the II Olympiad (sole bid) 23 June 1894 1st in Paris, France [i] III: 1904: Chicago United States: Awarded to host the Games of the III Olympiad (moved to St. Louis) 22 May 1901 4th in Paris, France ...
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Construction on the much-debated bobsled track hasn’t even begun. Plans for the San Siro Stadium, where the opening ceremony is slated to be held, remain unclear.
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