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12. Back in 2013 Chicago said they weren't going to bid

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Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:16 PM

Aug 2015

In 2013 the Mayor's spokesperson said the city wasn't interested in bidding again after the US Olympic Committee sent a letter to 25 large metro areas in the United States, including New York and Chicago;

The last two U.S. bidders, Chicago (2016) and New York (2012), both rejected out-of-hand by International Olympic Committee voters, are on the list.

But Sarah Hamilton, a spokeswoman for Mayor Rahm Emanuel, said Chicago is not interested.

“Our position remains the same – we are not bidding,” Hamilton said.

The letter, which also is going to 10 other cities that have expressed interest, says there is no guarantee a bid will be made. The deadline is a little more than two years from now.

I'm not sure if the city has changed their position or not, but with the deadline approaching for application I would think it'd be hard to throw something together at the last minute.

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