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Old October 29th, 2007
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Default Transit improvements would help 2016 bid: officials

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:12:00 EST - (AP) -- The city's trains and buses are fine as is, but it'd help Chicago's Olympic bid if they were better.
That was the message from Chicago Olympic officials Monday about the city's mass transit system and whether it could serve the around 2 million people expected to visit if the city wins ...




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Man, it's going to be a long 10 years if Olympic organizers come into the city expecting us to throw fist fulls of money at whatever they think needs renovating, just to keep the Olympics.
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I do not remember one city that hasn't said they lost a bundle hosting the Olympics. Gee what an honor.
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The city spends money hosting the Olympics, but gains a lot in terms of prestige... and the public officials go to lots of parties and have excuses to throw money around. Anyway I appreciate people have different motivations, I'd like to see it come to Chicago because I've never been to the Olympics and I think it would be a lot of fun to see the events
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