European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 16 2007 stars and stripes Page 39 soc picks Chicago to 16 games by Howard Fendrich the associated press Washington now Chica go takes on the rest of the world the Windy cites bid to hold a summer games for the first time moved to the International stage saturday when the us olympic committee capped a yearlong search for an american Candi Date for 2016 by picking Chicago Over two time Host los Angeles ifs just beginning said Patrick Ryan Chicago bid com Mittee chairman its a Long Road having won Over the soc de spite lacking venues ready for an olympics Chicago task is to per Suade the International olympic committee that it deserves to be the Host joining a group of bid Ders expected to include Madrid Prague Rome Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo the Ioc will award the 2016 games in october 2009 this contest ultimately is not about the economics ifs not about the surplus ifs about the magic that can be created through the olympic and paralympic games and How that by it self can transform a City can transform a nation can transform the world soc chief executive officer Jim Scherr said and so we look Forward to trying to earn that prize the soc had said beforehand it would not release saturdays vote count and stuck to that policy it was a very Tough decision soc chairman Peter Ueberroth said before opening a sealed Enve Lope and revealing the winning City if i had All the sometimes people accuse me of that i would take the map and merge the two cities because ill Tell you what if you could take if youve got passion for the game then play to win a season pass to the military Golf course of your choke in Europe enter our tee off with Volvo full sitar sales and stars and stripes Golf contest april 1230 two Lucky winners will each receive a season pass to the Mili tary Golf course of their Choice a value of More than to win find the stars and stripes Ball hidden 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lakefront Village that would be built near the convention Center just South of downtown the lakefront plan repeatedly was mentioned As a key Factor for the olympic games to be a Success we have to recreate a cer Tain magic a certain Celebration Center soc International vice president Bob Tvrdik said and the waterfront location right on the Lake we Felt could do that the last time the Ioc was look ing for a summer olympics Host new York City appeared to be a front runner for 2012 until that is financing for a new stadium in Manhattan fell apart just weeks before the final vote new York wound up with Only 16 of 60 votes needed that led the soc to revamp its Domestic selection process led by Ueberroth the soc has insisted that financing be in place and transparent and that govern ments be willing to provide guarantees for the bids if Money Doest cover All costs both the City of Chicago and the state of California complied Ryan also said saturday that an insurance company is pledging to provide a million policy to cover Revenue shortfalls and Cost overruns though not related to completion of venues the legacy projects coupled with the guarantees they have offered i believe gave our Board a level of Assurance that might have been the differentiation be tween the cities Ctvrtnik said the usos process for 2016 began a year ago with Houston Philadelphia and san Francisco also in the running Houston and Philadelphia were eliminated by the soc last july and san fran Cisco dropped out in november this was a fair process los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaras Gosa said after saturdays announcement we will work with Chicago Ueberroth and others spoke about the importance of the us candidate having Success when the Ioc picks a 2016 Host Chicago is considered to have a Good shot against its International Competition because by 201620 years will have passed since the last time the United states hosted the summer Atlanta in 1996 also a us bid for 2016 could be helped by the idea of geographical rotation because the Ioc picked european cities for the summer olympics of 2004 ath ens and 2012 and an asian City Beijing for 2008