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What If Chicago Had Been Awarded the 2016 Olympics? Part 3

What If Chicago Had Been Awarded the 2016 Olympics? Part 3

Is it possible Chicago still hasn't recovered from a decision -- and subsequent fallout -- made 15 years ago?

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Rendering of the 80,000-seat temporary Olympic Stadium that would’ve hosted the 2016 Olympic Games, if Chicago had beaten out Rio de Janeiro. It would’ve been located in Washington Park, on the city’s South Side. Source: chicagotribune.com

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Time to answer that question: what would a 2016 Olympics meant to Chicago? After looking at the examples…

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