Olympics, Chicago 2016

Bringing the Olympics to Chicago would be like a dream come true, or at least thats what I hear. Personally I could care less where the Olympics settle every four years. However, bringing the Olympics to Chicago would provide great benefits to our city. Even though every city is different in some aspects or others, I think its reasonable to assume that Chicago will receive similar benefits to Greece when it hosted the Olympics in 2004.

So the Olympics came back to its origins in 2004 when it took place in Athens. The results were overwhelmingly positive. First the number of viewers and attendees was a record high I believe. Second, this special event put Greece back on the tourist map. Yes the cost for preparing for the Olympics was great, but the long-term benefits prove substantial, aka worth it. Each year the percent of increase in tourism increases, and the revenue from this is great, which is great for the overall economic growth. With this revenue they can attend to improved transportation and other issues to advance their country (i.e. new roads, new airport, thousands of new jobs will be created, etc.).

Thus their are many advantages for bringing the Olympics to Chicago, which most know since other cities are bidding for the Olympics too), and aside from the revenue gain and the benefits mentioned above, I think the Olympics would be a good opportunity to unite the city, more or less, and it will give us a chance to show the world our essence. It's really an exciting occasion that Chicago would be honored to host.