New at Reason: Steve Chapman on Why Chicago Doesn't Need the 2016 Summer Olympics

April 6, 2009

Representatives of the International Olympic Committee arrived last week to get a first-hand look at Chicago, one of four cities still in the running for the 2016 summer games. If locals are lucky, writes Steve Chapman, the IOC team will admire the city's architecture, stroll its lakefront, enjoy its restaurants, praise its plans—and then give the games to someone else.

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