Chicago is anxiously awaiting the Olympic Committee's decision on the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games. Chicago 2016 (a privately funded organization) has been working hard to get Chicagoans to "back the bid" with numerous community events and fund raising efforts.
From well-known Chicago events such as the Chicago Triathlon and others such as the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball tournaments on the lakefront, the community is trying hard to exemplify how much it wants a worldwide audience of four billion people to display the best of Chicago as well as raise its international profile to an all time high. Hospitality industry professionals, Chicago's tourism board, and the Chicago Convention & Visitors bureau have collaborated to back the bid and distribute information on how the Olympics will benefit their industries, the local tourism market, and Chicago as a whole!
Chicago 2016 has worked with as many as 75 community groups to ensure that economic opportunities will be shared by everyone. If Chicago wins the bid, it is expected that Chicago and Illinois will generate $22.5 billion dollars in economic growth as well as create 315,000 full time jobs in just one year, producing $7 billion in wages. Chicago hospitality workers are strongly supporting the bid in hopes that tourism growth in Chicago will grow!
From well-known Chicago events such as the Chicago Triathlon and others such as the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball tournaments on the lakefront, the community is trying hard to exemplify how much it wants a worldwide audience of four billion people to display the best of Chicago as well as raise its international profile to an all time high. Hospitality industry professionals, Chicago's tourism board, and the Chicago Convention & Visitors bureau have collaborated to back the bid and distribute information on how the Olympics will benefit their industries, the local tourism market, and Chicago as a whole!
Chicago 2016 has worked with as many as 75 community groups to ensure that economic opportunities will be shared by everyone. If Chicago wins the bid, it is expected that Chicago and Illinois will generate $22.5 billion dollars in economic growth as well as create 315,000 full time jobs in just one year, producing $7 billion in wages. Chicago hospitality workers are strongly supporting the bid in hopes that tourism growth in Chicago will grow!
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