VIRTUAL: Midday Monday - Games Not Played: Chicago's Failed Olympics

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Adults
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If former Mayor Richard M. Daley had his way, Chicago would have hosted to the XXXI Olympiad in 2016, rather than Rio de Janeiro. Yet Chicago's hopes were abruptly dashed when the city was eliminated in the first round of voting in Copenhagen.

Chicago was actually chosen as the host city for the 1904 games, but politics and circumstances conspired to snatch the prize away to St. Louis. This program looks into what might have been and what went wrong. We also look at why many believe that Chicago's 2016 failure was a blessing in disguise.