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CHapter 16

Star Power in Service to the Bid

 

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Oprah Backs the Bid But...

As the IOC Evaluation Committee was wined and dined at the Art Institute in early April of 2009, there was a  protest outside of the New Wing of the Art Institute. This was a fun protest and the media did not give it much coverage, but during the Oprah interview we can hear the protesters loud and clear. (2 min, 33 sec)

Michael Jordan Backs the Bid

 Michael Jordan filmed television spots in hopes of drawing support to a 2016 Chicago Olympics. (32 sec)

President Obama Backs the Bid

Made in late November of 2008,  President-elect Barack Obama made a personal appeal to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to his home city of Chicago. Obama appeared in a taped video message played to the general assembly of European Olympic Committees. (1 min, 16 sec)

president obama sees himself marching...

ABC7 Chicago News reporter Ben Bradley did this segment form July 6, 2016 covering the pricey legacies of Chicago's failed bid for the 2016 Olympics. There's a short clip of President Obama boosting the bid from 2009 and then Tom Tresser of No Games Chicago weighs in. The 2016 Committee's Chief Bid Officer John Murray (who made over $364,000/year) says it was all "worth it" (1:37) 

president obama really embraces the bid

 Watch this five-minute video produced by the 2016 Committee and note how Mayor Daley and President Obama are stitched together at around 3:37.   

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