Jul 27 2006
Houston 2016 Olympic Dream is Dead…Again
The dream of Houston hosting the Olympic Games in 2016 has died. The USOC has decided Houston is to be removed from consideration for the next US Olympic bid:
Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco were named as finalists for a potential U.S. bid for the 2016 Games. Houston and Philadelphia, the remaining candidates, “will step to the sidelines at this time,” committee board chairman Peter Ueberroth said during a news conference at a Denver airport hotel.
The USOC has plans for its sidelined suitors. Committee chief executive officer Jim Scherr will visit Houston this year to discuss its potential to bid for 2008 U.S. Olympic trials and world championships in 2009 and beyond, and Houston businessman George DeMontrond III floated the possibility that Houston will bid for the Pan American Games.
While this may seem like a bad thing, I’m actually quite relieved. Remember Houston 2012 and the costs?
Houston’s campaign for the 2012 Games lasted more than two years and was funded by $4 million in donations and $2 million worth of in-kind services donations, the 2016 bid lasted only a few weeks and required less than $35,000
A big thank you to the USOC for allowing Houston to escape of the dog-and-pony-show much earlier this time around.
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