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Chapter 29

Operation Mermaid - No Games Goes to Copenhagen - The End of the Battle for the Bid

 

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download support documents + designs for change law suit PR

Materials-to-IOC-9-09 (pdf)Download
DFC-complaint-PR-10-1-09 (pdf)Download

meet the delegates from no games tokyo!

 The members of the No Games Tokyo delegation were: Koji Masao, Fukushi Yoshiko (a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly), Kaz Koyama (who organized against the 1998 Winter Nagano Games), and Reiko, who served as interpreter. 

No Games Chicago Video Updates From Copenhagen

"Why We Are Here"

 September 30, 2009    

"No Games On Way to the IOC"

October 1, 2009

"No Games Completes Its Mission"

October 1, 2009

"Chicago Eliminated!"

October 2, 2009 - No Games organizers Martin Macias, Jr., Tom Tresser, and Karen Kass react to Chicago's elimination from consideration for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

no gaMES IN CHICAGO ON THE MEDIA

Bob Quellos on Decision Day

 On October 2, 2009 No Games Chicago co-founder Bob Quellos tells CBS News Chicago why the Olympics was a bad idea for the city. (2 min, 43 sec).  The simple URL for this video = www.tinyurl.com/NGC-BQ-CBS-10-2-09 

Francesca Rodriguez Debunks the Bid

No Games Chicago organizer Francesca Rodriguez refutes the case for the Chicago 2016 bid on ABC News Chicago, October 2, 2009. (3 min, 54 sec)  The simple URL for this video = www.tinyurl.com/NGC-FR-ABC-10-2-09 

president obama appeals to the ioc - Tom tresser responds

President Obama Addresses the IOC

Hoping to win the 2016 Olympics for Chicago, President Obama made these remarks to the IOC in Copenhagen in October 2, 2009. (8 min, 58 sec)

No Games Chicago's Tom Tresser Responds

No Games organizer Tom Tresser was in Copenhagen and recorded this video immediately after President Obama made his pitch to the IOC. (2 min, 46 sec)

listen to chicago get elimiated from hosting 2016 olympics

A few words decides a city's fate...

IOC President Rogge announces the results of the first round of voting by the IOC on who will and will not host the 2016 Olympics, the morning of October 2, 2009. (26 sec)

"Thank you, no games!"

Hundreds of messages poured in...

The instant the decision to boot Chicago from the hunt for the 2016 Olympics messages started arriving via email and social media thanking No Games for its work. Here are only some of them (17 pages).

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