Chicagoist: Rio 2016: Too Pricey? Or Too Honest?

matty

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:02:41 -0600

Rio has an excellent case for getting the games. They would be the first city to get one in south america. They hosted and delivered the pan-am games and will soon be hosting the world cup. It is warm, scenic and best of all - new. They are making the case that this would be the games for all of south america and are taking the IOC to task for never having had games in south america in the past while the US and Europe have shared the games for something like the past 20 years. I predict they will get the games barring any major fuckups in the Brazillian economy.

Mucky Fingers

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:29:59 -0600

All that money is to get their hookers tested. They're not stupid, they know what makes them money.

schwerve

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:32:01 -0600

the rio bid also has their infrastructure numbers (billions for airport/subway/highway construction).

Kevin Robinson

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:28:13 -0600

The Dinar is the currency of several countries of Islamic origin. Brazil's currency is known as the Real.

jennyblur

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:20:02 -0600

Maybe that is in Rio dinars? How does inflation figure into this?

JD84

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:48:06 -0600

Look at all that pink and purple, our money sure is gay.