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no games chicago erased from the record + NGC Flyers

No Games Chicago is Erased from the Record

 

read these two extra chapters...

 It was hard enough to get coverage of our work WHILE we were fighting the Bid. AFTER Chicago lost the Bid, No Games Chicago was systematically and repeatedly erased from the public record. See the following two Extra Chapters - "No Games Chicago Is Erased From the Record" documents the Alice-In-Wonderland like series of local editorials and columnists in 2016 as the RIO Games unfolded, attempting to re-write history by claiming RELIEF that Chicago LOST the 2016 Games! These media outlets and pundits refused to acknowledge the work and impact of No Games Chicago. "Brazilian Gold - Bid President Arrested - No Games Erased Again" recounts how, in 2017, the President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee was arrested and later convicted (along with other high officials) of corruption and bribery. These sad events triggered another round of local media punditry - revisiting the Battle for the Bid and lifting up the Chicago 2016 Committee all over again. No mention of the work of No Games Chicago in tanking the Bid. That's a LOT of erasing!

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one year later & no games tries to create a teaching momenT

One year after Decision Day No Games orgnizers tried to create some significant civic discussion about what had happened leading up to and during the Battle for the Bid and the stunning retirement of Mayor Daley. No one was really interested. The Invisible Instiute was generous and hosted a forum that was poorly attended. This story is told in the Extra Chapter "One Year Later' - which can be downloaded below.

One Year Later - No One Cares About No Games (pdf)

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One Year later forum Audio

Here is the audio from the October 12, 2010 forum on the Battle for the Bid held at the Invisible Institute (49 minutes). Graphic by Sam Rhee.

no games chicago finally gets some love (and some ink)

No Games Chicago got its only public recognition from the Chicago Audubon Society in 2011 with its "Protector of the Environment Award." It would take another five years for the first academic article covering No Games to appear and another ten years after that for the most complete description of No Games Chicago to appeer in print.

No Games Finally Gets Some Love (pdf)

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They Wrote About us in 2016 - But I just found out...

I did not discover this article, "The Battle for the Bid: Chicago 2016, No Games Chicago, and the lessons to be learned," published in 2016 in the Sport Management Review, until December of 2024!

The battle for the bid Chicago 2016 - 11-15 (pdf)

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