Although it could just as well be another advertisement for our 2016 Olympic bid, it was actually created for the movie “A Sound of Thunder” based on the Ray Bradbury short. I’m glad to see the influence of Mies van der Rohe in the design of that giant, leaning monolith in the lake…which I assume houses luxury condos.
Half-time report on London 2012 Olympics (Times Online)
Published in January 15th, 2009
In France, they would call it mi-temps , but Paris did not win the right to stage the 2012 Olympics. So, in London today, as organisers mark the exact mid-point between the vote on July 6, 2005 by the IOC and the opening ceremony on July 27, 2012, it is half-time.
Doyle To Make Announcement About Chicago’s Bid For 2016 Olympics (WISN 12 Milwaukee)
Published in January 15th, 2009
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle plans to make an announcement Friday related to Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Doyle and Chicago 2016’s operations chief said they will talk about collaborations involving the city of Madison and the surrounding area.
Wis. governor to make announcement about Olympics (WTHR Indianapolis)
Published in January 15th, 2009
Associated Press - January 15, 2009 4:03 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics apparently will get an assist from neighboring Wisconsin.
Support cracks 70% in survey on running a Tokyo-hosted Olympics in 2016 (The Japan Times)
Published in January 15th, 2009
A survey shows that more than 70 percent of the public wants Tokyo to host the 2016 Olympics, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Thursday. Of 1,000 Tokyoites and 2,000 people in other prefectures aged 15 or older, 70.2 percent want the Olympics to be held in the capital and 20.4 percent said they do not, the survey found. Support among Tokyoites was 68.6 percent, while support outside …
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