Chicago Two Thousand Broke!

We believe that having the Olympic committee deny Chicago the host city seat for the 2016 Summer Olympics will actually help Chicago in the long run. It has been estimated that hosting the Olympics would have cost upwards of $15 billion to the city of Chicago. It has been previously reported that the money to fund the Olympics would have been from a private benefactor or committee. Who was going to pick up the check for that one?

Frankly, where would the games have been played? There is no space left in Chicago to build the new facilities needed to host the games. Reportedly, the preliminary soccer matches would have been held at venues such as Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N. J. Last time we checked, Chicago is not in, nor anywhere near New Jersey.

There’s no room for the stadium to be built. Chicago already has a massive stadium, called Soldier Field. The last thing the crowded city needs is another monstrosity taking up room that the city doesn’t have. And where would they even put it, in the middle of Lincoln Park with all the professional types? On the side of Lake Shore Drive, where 3 hour rush hour traffic will turn into 5 hour rush hour traffic? We think not.

For Chicago, or any other American city to have accepted the bid for this coming Olympics, with the economy in the state that it’s in, is grossly irresponsible. Taxpayers cannot even pay for their own lifestyles. How on earth are they going to come up with all this extra money to help fund the project? Where are the Olympians going to be housed, when the city of Chicago still hasn’t gotten a firm grasp on its homeless problem? A city as large and as prominent as Chicago, cannot decide to sweep all its own issues under the rug. The city, and country as a whole, is nowhere near ready to host an Olympic Games for some time.