Chicago will be the first stop on a world tour for the IOC's 2016 Summer Games evaluation commission next spring. The fun is from April 2nd to 8th here in Chicago; the rest of the order goes Tokyo (April 14 to 20), Rio (April 27 to May 3), and Madrid (May 4 to 9). Someone's gonna have a lot of frequent flyer miles. After the tour, the commission will issue a report at the beginning of September in advance of the October 2, 2009 announcement of the host city.

Friday Afternoon Diversion


So does this mean the city budget is back in the black?
I would have thought going last to be best.
You get to see what everyone else has done & correct any mistakes similar to what were made before your presentation.
My guess is that the other cities presentations won't be made public until the committee has visited all of the candidate cities. Not too mention these visits are being done in a month and a half's time, not nearly enough time to alter these multi million dollar presentations.