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Entries from LAist tagged with '2016'

October 1, 2008

Fans arrive outside Wrigley Field before the National League divisional series baseball game between the LA Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs this afternoon in Chicago (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) So, get this. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley just made a friendly fun bet. If the Dodgers win the playoff series against the Chicago Cubs (the first game is going on right now), Chicago will hand over their 2016 Olympic bid that......

Continue Reading "Mayor Villaraigosa Bets Chicago Mayor Over Dodgers, Cubs Game"

January 13, 2007

As of this past Tuesday, it's official that LA will compete with Chicago for the US Olympic bid. We love LA and we only bring this list in hopes of getting things in motion. To have the 2016 Summer Olympics here and be host for the third time -- that triumphant return would be a dream come true. But there's a city on the third coast that has never had it and wants it......

Continue Reading "10 Reasons Why Chicago will win the Olympics Over LA"

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